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The tiny Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) has always fascinated researchers because, according to the rules of evolution, it shouldn't have survived as a species, let alone thrive as a species for over ...

Learn how Mayo Clinic's Precision Medicine in Neurodegeneration Lab is studying the genetics of Alzheimer's disease in understudied populations.

While the investigation of species-level traits has revealed broad effects of environmental disturbances on communities and ecosystems, it is vital to ...