weekend reading:
Evolution Runs Faster on Short Timescales
Examine evolution over the course of years or centuries, and you’ll find that it progresses much more quickly than it does over geologic time. Now the oldest viruses on the planet are enabling scientists to calibrate this evolutionary clock.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20170...ution-viruses/
A Ticking Evolutionary Clock
How quickly will a gene’s rate of evolution slow to a crawl?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20170...-clock-puzzle/
Evolution Runs Faster on Short Timescales
Examine evolution over the course of years or centuries, and you’ll find that it progresses much more quickly than it does over geologic time. Now the oldest viruses on the planet are enabling scientists to calibrate this evolutionary clock.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20170...ution-viruses/
A Ticking Evolutionary Clock
How quickly will a gene’s rate of evolution slow to a crawl?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20170...-clock-puzzle/