Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...

It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

In true feline form, cats took their time deciding whether to jump into humans’ laps. In a new comprehensive study of the spread of domesticated cats, DNA analysis suggests that cats lived for ...

They are some of the most intensely studied species on Earth, and yet there is no comprehensive molecular phylogenetic hypothesis of primate evolutionary history that summarizes the pattern and timing ...

Based on the classical non-parametric bootstrapping for phylogenetic trees, we propose a novel bootstrap method to define support for gene duplication and speciation events. By comparing bootstrap ...

For the first time, scientists sequenced the genomes of 20 individual lions, including extinct cave lions, revealing insights into their family tree.

A research team led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a mixed research centre belonging to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), points for ...

For those who suffer from OA, we can also look for pharmaceuticals directed at the signaling that renews the onset of mismatched, mistimed endochondral ossification. Source: Osteoarthritis As An ...

Pre-contact Central and South American dogs (Canis familiaris) — all dogs preceding contact with European settlers — descended from a single maternal lineage that diverged after dogs entered North ...

News Release 17-Jun-2025 ERC grant will support the placement of tens of thousands of previously unknown fungi in the evolution tree Grant and Award Announcement Estonian Research Council image: ...