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 |  | Evo in the news: Sex, speciation, and fishy physics
June 4, 2009
More than 500 species of cichlid fish inhabit Africa's Lake Victoria. This news brief explains new research suggesting that the physics of light may have played an important role in cichlid diversification and in the recent drop in their diversity. |
 | | Evo in the news: Happy 200th, Darwin!
February 6, 2009
This news brief celebrates Darwin's bicentennial by examining what we've learned about the evolution of the Galapagos finches since Darwin's time. |
 | | Evo in the news: Tough conservation choices? Ask evolution
February 6, 2009
The earth is facing a biodiversity crisis. Nearly 50% of animal and plant species could disappear within our lifetime. To stem this rapid loss of biodiversity, we'll need to act quickly -- but where should we begin? This news brief explains how evolutionary history can help us set conservation priorities. |
 | | Evo in the news: HIV's not-so-ancient history
February 6, 2009
First described in 1981, HIV is a distinctly modern disease. But for how long before its discovery did HIV lurk unnoticed in human populations? This news brief describes new research offering insight into when (and how) HIV got its start. |
 | | Evo in the news: Ghosts of epidemics past
February 6, 2009
HIV and malaria both constitute global health threats, respectively affecting more than 30 million and 200 million people worldwide. This news brief describes new research that reveals an unexpected evolutionary link between the two. |
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