Thousands of cells coordinate, move and exert mechanical forces on each other as an embryo takes shape. ...

Animals, from worms and sponges to jellyfish and whales, contain anywhere from a few thousand to tens of trillions of nearly genetically identical cells. Depending on the organism, these cells arrange ...

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Vienna has uncovered new insights into how specialized cell types and ...

It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about ...

Mark Lynch from BioSkryb Genomics will then present a novel workflow that simplifies the isolation of single cells from a variety of samples for low-input and single-cell genomics. Learning Objectives ...

Two species of worms have retained remarkably similar patterns in the way they switch their genes on and off despite having ...

All life on Earth evolved from a single-celled organism that lived roughly 3.5 billion years ago, a new study seems to confirm. ... "Evolution," he said, "should not be given any special status." ...

“If you’re a single cell, you’re dinner. But if you can form large groups of cells, now you’re too big to eat.” The new findings highlight how physical forces influence biological evolution.

Turn on one combination from among your 100,000 genes and the cell will become a brain neuron; turn on another combination and it becomes a bone cell in your fingertip. And if the genetic switches get ...