A study presents a striking example of cooperative organization among cells as a potential force in the evolution of multicellular life. The study is based on...
Scientists uncovered how whole-genome duplication emerges and remains stable over thousands of generations of evolution in the lab.
To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500...
Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. 'Jumping genes' are one cause of mutations, but cells try and combat them with...
Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying embryonic development of...