Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion ...

The brains of birds and mammals have diverged substantially during the course of evolution. A research team at the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University has investigated how similar ...

The brains of birds and mammals have diverged substantially during the course of evolution. A research team led by Prof. Dr Henrik Kaessmann at the ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with increasing complexity and gaining new genes, but gene loss and simplification also ...

John Bertram Reinitz, a professor in the Departments of Statistics, Ecology and Evolution, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology ...

Hazelnuts have long been prized as a tasty and nutritious food. Found in forests statewide in Missouri, they are a favorite wild edible for many people. Squirrels and other small mammals feast on the ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion ...

BEIJING - Chinese scientists have used gene editing to develop a novel strain of rice that can produce coenzyme CoQ10, ...

Molecular evolution is the area of evolutionary biology that studies evolutionary change at the level of the DNA sequence. It includes the study of rates of sequence change, relative importance of ...

A new study has uncovered a novel P-type PPR protein, BoYgl-2, which plays a crucial role in chloroplast RNA editing and ...

A new study has revealed the clearest-ever picture of the surface chemistry of worm species that provides groundbreaking insights into how animals interact with their environment and each other. These ...

Billions of years ago, the molecular building blocks of life emerged from a complex web of chemical and geological processes.