Evolution

Study design This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted at the Respiratory Viruses Unit of the Institute Pasteur…

An artist’s rendering of a prehistoric jawed fish from the Late Devonian called Dunkleosteus. These sorts of large,…

Defining an oxygenated world In order to constrain Earth System changes associated with environmental oxygen availability, a variety…

Summary: A new study shows that genetic evidence of historical contact between populations reveals consistent patterns of language…

Horseshoe crabs are an ancient lineage with an evolutionary history stretching back 450 million years (Ordovician period) and…

New research suggests that as ancient humans migrated into the Americas, they carried a surprising evolutionary advantage hidden…

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A nationwide genomic study shows that while Salmonella Dublin looks genetically uniform, it hides powerful resistance traits that…

Kirmayer, L. J. The cultural diversity of healing: meaning, metaphor and mechanism. Br. Med. Bull. 69, 33–48 (2004).…

Once survivors of the ice age, great white sharks carry a strange DNA riddle. Nuclear and mitochondrial results…

Buck Institute study finds genetic trade-offs that favor early reproduction can come at a cost later in life.…

A minor genetic difference in one of the enzymes may have helped separate modern humans from Neanderthals and…

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