Eukaryogenesis occurred suddenly, driven by the growing length of genes and the limitations on producing longer proteins. An international team of four senior scientists from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, ...

A research team has created a comprehensive evolutionary tree of all bird species, integrating data from hundreds of studies ...

The mystery of life’s beginnings has long captivated scientists. Central to that search is LUCA—the last universal common ...

Fossils of Oculudentavis found encased in amber in Myanmar in 2020 have confounded scientists from around the world.

Yet no ecological variable has been identified that can explain clownfish color-pattern evolution ... tree for the Amphiprioninae. Integrating this data into comparative genomic approaches, we ...

These diverse approaches to solving the cancer problem across different species demonstrate convergent evolution—different genetic pathways achieving similar cancer-protective outcomes in response to ...

Environmental variability promotes the evolution of cooperation among humans: A simulation-based analysis Date: April 18, 2025 Source: University of Tsukuba Summary: Researchers have demonstrated ...

Unlocking the genetic basis of adaptive evolution: study reveals complex chromosomal rearrangements in a stick insect. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 8, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases ...

In this study, the authors perform a details phylogenetic analysis ... show a compelling case of convergent evolution in the fusion between an important mismatch repair protein (MSH6) and histone ...