It has long been recognized that sexually dimorphic traits – traits that are systematically different between members of different sex in the same species, such as peacocks' tail feathers – tend to ...

Most models of how tumors evolve have assumed that the process is based predominately on cancer cells’ genetics, and many cancer treatments are specifically targeted to mutations associated with ...

The characteristics of an organism emerge through complex interactions of its genetic make-up and the effects of the environment. This article discusses this terminological distinction in genetics - ...