The history of coronaviruses as human pathogens dates back to the mid-1960s, when they were first isolated from respiratory tract samples extracted from adults with symptoms of the common cold. Currently, seven types of coronavirus are known to infect humans.
The contents of issue 103 of Mètode are devoted to the evolutionary scenarios to decode biodiversity.
Exploring the diversity of ways in which different organisms cope with it can lend us novel insights on the biodiversity that surrounds us.
The fourth volume of 2019 explores the crossroads between current biodiversity and evolution on Earth.
The evolution of antibiotic resistance is probably the most spectacular example of evolution of a biological system innovation that we have had the opportunity to observe in real time.
Three decades after the Chernobyl accident, the biodiversity of the area has completely recovered. The mechanisms that allow organisms to live in this area are still the subject of study and controversy.
Studying evolution in the face of environmental uncertainty is crucial to understand biological diversity, because diversifying life strategies is key to survival and reproduction in uncertain environments.
The monograph Endless forms explores some of the most pressing challenges we face as a species.
Interview with Robert Sapolsky, professor at the University of Stanford (USA), in which he talks biology issues of the present time.
Interview with Hanna Kokko, full professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Zurich.