One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...

The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct ...

The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

Cancer does not develop overnight. It can take decades for cancer‐promoting changes in the genome to eventually lead to the formation of a malignant tumor. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Plants form a critical model for understanding regulated cell death (RCD) as part of their sophisticated immune responses. In the ongoing evolutionary arms ...

Researchers at Stockholm University have uncovered surprising insights into a large, previously unstudied group of bacteria, ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have characterized the complex microenvironment in ...

Digital evolution experiments show repeated environmental changes can push populations toward different long term outcomes.