A research team has created a comprehensive evolutionary tree of all bird species, integrating data from hundreds of studies into the Open Tree of Life, a project that continuously updates with new ...

While extremely rare, encephalopathy (a condition affecting brain function) triggered by mutations in the UBA5 gene has devastating impacts, with affected individuals reaching few developmental ...

A study of human tumor cells implanted in mice from the MacPherson Lab at Fred Hutch describes a new way to screen for the ...

The mystery of life’s beginnings has long captivated scientists. Central to that search is LUCA—the last universal common ...

For the study, researchers sequenced the DNA of 13 present-day members of the tribe. They compared that genetic material to ...

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When a species reproduces, typically, each parent passes on one of their two versions (alleles) of a given gene to their ...

As ubiquitous as lab testing is in healthcare, health plans still often overlook its importance to healthcare quality and ...

As the saying goes, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but (discounting that vinegar is actually a great way to ...

The University of Bayreuth's Biomaterials research group has, for the first time, successfully applied the CRISPR-Cas9 ...

Shapiro believes that we owe this to both the Earth and to ourselves. "Conservation isn't just about saving species, but ...

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