A research team led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has revealed how the genome is reorganized in 3D during male germ cell formation in vertebrates, leading to important new insights ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have uncovered new ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

Why humans have a philtrum, the groove above your lip, explained by an evolutionary biologist — from embryonic face-building ...

Ever wonder why there are so many different versions of the same animal? From dinosaurs to Darwin to debating the current pace of ...

By tracking neural crest cells in catshark embryos, researchers discovered that the molecular toolkit behind face-building is ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as “primitive” or “ancient” and use terms like “higher” and “lower” animals. This anthropocentric ...

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What is life then, in the fundamental sense? Is it mere matter interacting with itself? Is it matter that organises and ...