A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.

This study provides a valuable new resource to investigate the molecular basis of the particular features characterizing the pipefish embryo. The authors found both unique and shared gene expression ...

The discovery could be the “missing link” in the evolution of animals, according to the team, which included scientists from the University of Sheffield, in the UK. The microfossil, discovered at Loch ...

An international research team has discovered various mechanisms in asexual mites that generate genetic diversity and thus ...

Meanwhile, the mode of mitosis appears to be intricately connected to the organism's life cycle, which opens up new perspectives on the evolution of cell division mechanisms in eukaryotes.

Evolution might allow for multiple optimal solutions, depending on the constraints and conditions under which an organism ...