Evolutionary developmental biology is the comparative study of organismal development and how it has evolved. There is a particular focus on the genetic basis of phenotypic structures, how they ...

However, a new study from the University of Geneva suggests that the egg could in fact predate all animal life. A ...

Diethard Tautz is at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön ... more similar shape across various species at early developmental stages than at later ones.

A study described the three-dimensional architecture of turtle genomes, which fold in a configuration unlike any other animal observed so far.

Anglerfish have invisible fangs, narwhal tusks are extra-long canines, and more facts from the weird and wonderful study of ...

AMES, Iowa – In their long strings of nucleotides, DNA molecules hold massive troves of genetic data providing instructions for how living organisms should function – the blueprint of life. How the ...

On Friday, November 22, 2024, SISSA will celebrate the start of the new academic year, marking the 46th since its foundation. The opening ceremony will take place in the Aula Magna “Paolo Budinich” at ...

Do adults make better decisions than teens? New research reveals how age influences decision-making noise and sophistication.

The interplay between the genetic makeup of crops and the conditions in which they grow is difficult to untangle. A research team aims to help breeders analyze the interactions to make crops more ...

After viruses infected our evolutionary ancestors, bits of viral DNA lodged themselves into their genomes—and we still carry ...

A research team has developed a framework to study phenotypic plasticity, linking crop traits, genetics, and weather. The ...

Research led by the University of Michigan has provided compelling evidence that could solve a fundamental mystery in the makeup of fibrils that play a role in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other ...