In natural populations, the mechanisms of evolution do not act in isolation. This is crucially important to conservation geneticists, who grapple with the implications of these evolutionary processes ...

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) represents a critical gene family in vertebrates that shapes immune recognition and disease resistance through its extraordinary allelic diversity.

New research suggests that natural selection, famous for rewarding advantageous differences in organisms, can also preserve similarities. The researchers worked with a plant called wild radish and its ...