Researchers have shed new light on how the environment promotes the generation of new species. A study led by Dr. Benjamin ...

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but usually over short distances across the DNA sequence, with the on/off switch ...

Comb jellies "could repurpose [their] genetic toolkit in different ways like a Swiss knife," said the researchers.

The ancestor of the virus that causes COVID-19 left its point of origin in Western China or Northern Laos just several years ...

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Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but usually over short ...

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Tyrannosaurus rex evolved in North America, but its direct ancestor came from Asia, crossing a land bridge connecting the continents more than 70 million years ago, according to a new study.