A comparative analysis of twenty-one mammalian species demonstrates that distinct ecological niches drive specialized coding and non-coding adaptations within core ...
Researchers found that whales and manatees independently lost the sebaceous gland receptor gene MC5R through entirely different molecular mechanisms during ...
A systematic comparative analysis reveals that the loss of the D-arm in mitochondrial tRNA-Cys is a recurring, independently evolved structural ...
A Red Sea study links herbivorous and carnivorous fish tooth shapes to convergent evolution and positive selection on tooth-associated genes.
Genomic analysis shows that two varieties of the forest herb Aspidistra daibuensis are not each other's closest relatives, prompting a ...
Researchers report a convenient synthesis of carboxypolyamine substrates and hydroxylamine-containing analogs designed to selectively inhibit carboxyspermidine decarboxylase in bacterial polyamine ...
A new cryo-EM structure shows how the phage lysis protein SglPP7 locks the essential transporter MurJ in an outward-facing state, ...
An observational analysis of 83 recordings of 19 wild indri lemurs found that mouth opening increased as song pitch rose, ...
A study of 19 Guizhou Petrocodon species supported the genus as monophyletic, identified three geographic clades and proposed variable chloroplast ...
New mosquito cell lines carrying five Wolbachia strains from Drosophila reveal fast, selection-driven genome evolution, including mutations linked to major ...
A 2026 study in two insect-pathogenic bacterial genera found that selection, genetic drift and biased recombination jointly shaped the evolution ...
A comparative animal study links elevated expression of four auditory-perception genes, auditory-related cranial differences and selected shared amino acid substitutions ...
A new MycoKeys study combines DNA sequencing, microscopy and standardized iodine staining to revise the Acarospora strigata group in North ...
A living fossil fungus carries a fully functional betalain-forming enzyme despite producing no betalains, expanding the evolutionary origins of the ...
A micro-CT and genomic study of the spherical starfish Podosphaeraster toyoshiomaruae reveals the first major protein-coding gene translocation in starfish ...
A new polymorphic spider from the Western Himalayas bears a smiling-face pattern like the Hawaiian Happy-Face Spider, with 32 colour ...
A tree-dwelling land snail discovered on a karst mountain in Yunnan Province, China, has been described as a new genus ...
Hedgehog merbecoviruses use aminopeptidase N as a functional entry receptor through a structurally distinct APN-binding mode, revealing convergent evolution and ...
A new comparative genomic study finds that small long-lived mammals like bats rely on DNA repair and autophagy while large ...
A genomic comparison of three independently evolved gliding mammal lineages shows that different regulatory DNA regions can converge on similar ...
