In the race of evolution, innovating is certainly necessary, but recycling existing genes is sometimes more efficient. Indeed, organisms that are very distant from each other can exchange a ...

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a study in Nature Communications. It is the first time ...

New research headed by scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) has demonstrated how the three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary ...

Elucidating the relationship between the sequences of non-coding regulatory elements and their target genes is key to understanding gene regulation and its variation between plant species and ecotypes ...

Humans split away from chimpanzees, our closest animal relatives, about seven million years ago, and formed our own branch on the evolutionary tree. In the relatively brief— from an evolutionary ...

(THE CONVERSATION) People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of “survival of the fittest” is constantly at play. New DNA mutations arise and ...

A new UC Davis study shows how genetics could have influenced the evolution of the ancestors of modern horses with single toes. (Getty Images) Eighteen million years ago, a genetic duplication event ...

Plants rely on complex chemical defenses to survive attacks from pathogens, yet the genetic basis underlying the production ...