When a species reproduces, typically, each parent passes on one of their two versions (alleles) of a given gene to their offspring. But not all alleles play fair in their quest to be passed onto ...

A new genetic study suggests Covid-19 likely originated from the wildlife trade, specifically in Wuhan's markets, rather than ...

Animals that rely exclusively on parthenogenesis to reproduce, like the flowerpot snake, are called obligate parthenogens, ...

A recent study from a team of researchers, including those from UC San Diego, gives new credence to the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic spread naturally from bats, suggesting it arrived in Wuhan ...

Adriana Blake and Devon Braet could face life in prison if found guilty in the double-murder trial that started this week.

The initial spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 might have been accelerated by the wildlife trade, similar to what ...

Williams Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Barnard College, New York City Chan, Garnet Kin-Lic; Bren Professor of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry ... Department of ...

Researchers revealed that mitosis doesn’t always feature cell rounding (when a parent cell becomes spherical), meaning that ...

New research reveals that cells don't always become round before dividing, challenging over a century of textbook biology.