Beetles are an evolutionary success, with rove beetles' diversification largely due to their unique tergal gland that synthesizes defensive chemicals. This adaptation, evolving over millions of years, ...
As bird species disappear, we lose key components of ecosystems, including pollinators, insectivores, and spreaders of seeds, with negative impacts for both human and planetary health," said Colossal ...
Research indicates that dilated cardiomyopathy can be caused by the cumulative influence of potentially thousands of genes, not just one single genetic variant.
Thus, they represent the octopus sex chromosomes not as XY and XX as in humans, but as ZZ and Z0. The researchers then compared their octopus genomes to the genomes of three other octopus species, ...
Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of ...