Tag: convergent evolution

New mosquito cell lines carrying five Wolbachia strains from Drosophila reveal fast, selection-driven genome evolution, including mutations linked to major ...

An exceptionally preserved fossil from the Rügen chalk has revealed the full anatomy of the bizarre brittle star Astrosombra rammsteinensis, ...

A 2026 study in two insect-pathogenic bacterial genera found that selection, genetic drift and biased recombination jointly shaped the evolution ...

A comparative animal study links elevated expression of four auditory-perception genes, auditory-related cranial differences and selected shared amino acid substitutions ...

A new MycoKeys study combines DNA sequencing, microscopy and standardized iodine staining to revise the Acarospora strigata group in North ...

A newly described social wasp from the Democratic Republic of the Congo blends traits of two major species groups, suggesting ...

A living fossil fungus carries a fully functional betalain-forming enzyme despite producing no betalains, expanding the evolutionary origins of the ...

A micro-CT and genomic study of the spherical starfish Podosphaeraster toyoshiomaruae reveals the first major protein-coding gene translocation in starfish ...

A new polymorphic spider from the Western Himalayas bears a smiling-face pattern like the Hawaiian Happy-Face Spider, with 32 colour ...

A tree-dwelling land snail discovered on a karst mountain in Yunnan Province, China, has been described as a new genus ...