#Rotifers have been studied for >100 years re #microevolution, #EcologicalDynamics & #ecotoxicology. This study presents a #CRISPR-based method for KO mutation of 1 or 2 alleles, and KI mutations, in rotifers with high efficiency @MBLscience #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3Kb8CAC

#Evolution refers to change in a biological population's inherited traits from generation to generation. All species on Earth originated by the mechanism of evolution, through descent from common ancestors. Evolution occurs as changes accumulate over generations. Charles Darwin recognized evolution by natural selection, also called "descent with modification", as the fundamental process underlying all of life, whether viewed at a large scale above the level of species (#macroevolution — in terms of formation of new species, changes within lineages, and extinction), or at a small scale within a species (#microevolution — in terms of change in gene frequency). In a nutshell, evolution by natural selection can be simplified to the following principles: 1) Variability 2) Differential Fitness 3) Heredity

#commondescent #naturalselection #charlesdarwin #RationalWiki
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evolution

#Evolution of the #snow #algae genus Raphidonema suggests divergence from a cosmopolitan genus to endemic phylotypes since the last ice age by #microevolution

New research in the ISME Journal on:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-023-01359-3

#microbiology #biodiversity

JEB is now on mastodon! #introduction We are a peer-reviewed international #societyjournal owned by @eseb

We seek to publish articles that advance understanding of the evolutionary process and of interest to a broad #evolution readership.

We welcome submissions from across the field including evolutionary #genetics and #genomics #molecularevolution #phylogenetics #lifehistories #evolutionaryecology #evodevo #morphology #microevolution #macroevolution #empirical, #computational #theory