Dominant contribution of Asgard archaea to eukaryogenesis
Database curation For prokaryotes, 75 million sequences were curated from 47,545 fully sequenced prokaryotic genomes obtained from the NCBI…
The visual system of the longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark
Bloch, M.E. and J.G. Schneider. M.E. Blochii, Systema ichthyologiae iconibus CX illustratum. Vol. [Atlas]. Berolini: Sumtibus auctoris impressum…
A global coral phylogeny reveals resilience and vulnerability through deep time
Hoegh-Guldberg, O. et al. Coral reefs under rapid climate change and ocean acidification. Science 318, 1737–1742 (2007). Article …
Somatic mutation and selection at population scale
Cohort selection The TwinsUK study contains around 16,000 participants. From a preselection of 4,800 donors, we invited 1,796…
Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation
Monod, J. Chance and Necessity: an Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology (Vintage Books, 1972). Blount,…
Researchers develop tool to improve genetic predictions
Staff at Pusan National University CRISPR-based gene editing holds great promise, but off-target effects remain a major concern,…