Where do new genes come from? That's the question a team of biological sciences researchers from the U of A set out to answer in a new study. They did so by examining the evolution of antifreeze ...
A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by Nicole Grunstra from the University of Vienna and Anne Le Maître from the ...
The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...
Researchers identified the proteins of a CO2-fixing organelle, namely, 'pyrenoid,' in the marine algal group Chlorarachniophyta and revealed various pyrenoid-associated proteins among algal groups, ...
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Scholars from across the country and abroad gathered in Boston University’s Photonics Center for an all-day conference Saturday titled “Convergent Minds: The Evolution of Cognitive Complexity,” where ...