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Jun 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-4602.jes-18-2128
Andrey I. GranovitchCorresponding author
Natural selection is a buzzword used to describe the main driving force of evolution. Its creative role is believed to be based on: a) an unlimited variety of organisms caused by hereditary variation and b) a direct connection between hereditary changes and their phenotypic expression. These are the…
Feb 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-4602.jes-25-5926
Chuck EasttomCorresponding author
The impact of ionizing radiation on genetic change is well established, yet the extent to which naturally occurring radiation fields have influenced evolutionary trajectories remains incompletely understood. This study examined correlations between microbial evolution and the radiation and geochemic…
Sep 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-4602.jes-24-5245
Hunar SanghaniCorresponding author
Charles Darwin's exploration of the Galápagos Islands in 1835 and his subsequent formulation of the theory of evolution in 1839 were significantly influenced by his observations of land-birds, including finches, larks, owls, and mockingthrushes. Despite a primary focus on geology during his voyage o…
Mar 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-4602.jes-24-4956
B.F. ChadovCorresponding author
A new type of mutations-dominant lethals with a facultative manifestation -were discovered in D. melanogaster in 2000. These mutations were named conditional mutations. Under restrictive genetic conditions, the mutations manifest themselves as dominant lethals, whereas dominant lethality disappears…
Sep 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-4602.jes-19-2990
Gennady ShkliarevskyCorresponding author
There is hardly anything more central to our universe than conservation. Many scientific fields and disciplines view the law of conservation as one of the most fundamental universal laws. The Darwinian model pivots the process of evolution on variability, reproduction, and natural selection. Conserv…
Feb 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-4602.jes-18-2431
Boris F ChadovCorresponding author
The existing hypotheses on speciation rely on Mendelian genes and mutations in them. However, genome-wide sequencing demonstrates that the Mendelian genes account less than one-tenth of the entire genome DNA. This means that a greater part of the genome has not yet been subject to large-scale evolut…
Aug 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-4602.jes-18-2229
George MikhailovskyCorresponding author
A historical and conceptual review traces how evolutionary theory has expanded from classical selection to modern syntheses incorporating development, epigenetics, and systems thinking. Implications for research and science communication are discussed.