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Laccaic acid, thought to be produced by lac insects, is produced by a symbiont similar to the zombie ant fungus ...
Genome evolution is the process by which a genome changes in structure over time, through mutation, horizontal gene transfer, and sexual reproduction. The study of genome evolution involves ...
Pesticides and antibiotics are linked inextricably in the looming crisis of human and ecosystem health. Both started out as ...
This AI system can analyze up to one million DNA letters at once, predicting how tiny changes in noncoding regions trigger ...
Antimicrobial resistance not only undermines the efficacy of current treatments but also endangers the entirety of modern ...
Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...
On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...
In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be ...
Most genes are ancient and shared across species. But a small subset of genes are relative newcomers, spontaneously emerging ...
Brain dynamics and cognition share genetic roots. Criticality may guide future brain health research. A recent study published on June 24 in PNAS presents strong evidence that brain criticality—the de ...
For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...