Fungal Genome Guard Turns Out to Be a Secret Engine of Gene Evolution
A population-scale genomic study of Neurospora crassa shows that the fungal defense mechanism RIP pervasively mutates single-copy functional genes, revealing ...
Tag: evolutionary biology
Evolution’s Hidden Compass: When Fitness Is Equal, Curvature Steers the Path
Technion researchers show that when multiple evolutionary paths offer equal fitness, populations deterministically drift toward flatter, more robust regions of ...
Birds and Mammals Still Dominate Ecology Research Despite Two Decades of Warnings
A sweeping analysis of nearly 1.4 million papers confirms that vertebrates dominate ecology and evolution research and attract more attention ...
Emmy Noether Award Brings Insect Brain Evolution Researcher to Mainz
Evolutionary neurobiologist Max Farnworth has joined Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz from Bristol to lead a DFG-funded Emmy Noether group investigating ...
Virtual Dating Game Reveals How Fish Design Their Perfect Mates
University of Exeter scientists used genetic algorithms and virtual fish to let green swordtails design their ideal mates over nine ...
Nine-Year Genomic Study Shows Tsunami-Forced Stickleback Hybrids Purged Foreign DNA Within a Decade
A nine-year genomic study of sticklebacks in a tsunami-formed Japanese pond reveals that foreign DNA from a hybridizing sister species ...
Machine Learning Hunts Down Hidden Gene Switches Across the Fungal Tree of Life
Researchers at UC Berkeley used active learning and a model called ADhunter to discover and characterize nearly 10,000 transcriptional activator ...
Hidden Blueprint in Aphid Proteins Shows How Evolution Can Rescue AI Structure Prediction
By sequencing closely related aphid species to supply missing evolutionary context, Stowers Institute researchers revealed a shared saposin-like structural blueprint ...
Older Brothers May Raise the Odds of Male Bisexuality, Study Finds
A new study of Czech and Slovak adults finds that each additional older sibling significantly increases the odds of male ...
Cichlid Fish Reveal Hidden Layer of Immune Gene Diversity in Expression
A new study of Midas and African cichlids shows that MHC class IIB gene expression varies systematically with allele frequency, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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