SARS-CoV-2 jumped from bats to humans without much change
Credit: MacLean OA, et al. (2021), Natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats created a generalist virus and ...
Tag: Evolution
New proteins ‘out of nothing’
International team of researchers investigates how evolution forms the structure and function of a newly emerged protein in fliesCredit: Adam ...
How does a crustacean become a crab?
Researchers find five independent carcinizations in both true and false crabs and at least seven instances of decarcinizationCredit: Courtesy of ...
Birds learn to avoid flashy, hard-to-catch butterflies and their lookalikes
Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum of Natural History GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The showy colors of some butterflies could advertise their speed ...
Fossilized feeding frenzy
47 million year old fly found with a full bellyCredit: © Senckenberg It was not the fly itself that caught ...
Bacterial competition in situations of food scarcity prevents survival of mutants
Study compares the phenomenon observed in the species E. coli to a "tragedy of the commons", in which individual interests ...
Fossils from “Vegetational Pompeii” Resolve Deep Palaeontology Mystery
Credit: NIGPAS A recent study on spectacular fossil plants preserved in a volcanic ash fall deposit--known as China's "vegetational Pompeii," ...
NYITCOM researcher wins prestigious NSF CAREER grant
Research project aims to improve understanding of cranial birth defectsCredit: Akinobu Watanabe Old Westbury, NY--Akinobu "Aki" Watanabe, Ph.D., assistant professor ...
The 3Rs of the genome: Reading, writing, and regulating
A new map of protein binding locations in yeast advances understanding of gene regulationCredit: Pugh Lab, Cornell and Mahony Lab, ...
Fossil lamprey larvae overturn textbook assumptions on vertebrate origins
Study shows studies of the origin of vertebrates - including human - were based on incorrect assumptions since the late ...
Long-accepted theory of vertebrate origin upended by fossilized fish larvae
Long considered a relic of deep evolutionary history, new fossils indicate that modern lamprey larvae are actually a relatively recent ...
Now is the time to study impact of pandemic on mothers and babies
University of Houston researcher issues a call for new methods to combat stress and social isolationCredit: University of Houston If ...
Two species and a single name: ‘Double identity’ revealed in a venomous banana spider
Credit: N. Hazzi Spiders from the genus Phoneutria - also known as banana spiders - are considered aggressive and among ...
A plant’s place in history can predict susceptibility to pathogens
Credit: Michael Bradshaw Found around the world, powdery mildew is a fungal disease especially harmful to plants within the sunflower ...
Rise of marine predators reshaped ocean life as dramatically as sudden mass extinctions
Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum of Natural History GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Evolutionary arms races between marine animals overhauled ocean ecosystems on ...
Research shows we’re surprisingly similar to Earth’s first animals
Today's humans share genes with ancient oceanic creatures missing headsCredit: Ryan Somma The earliest multicellular organisms may have lacked heads, ...
Critically endangered macadamia species becomes a plant supermodel
Credit: Bruce Topp, University of Queensland One of the world's rarest tree species has been transformed into a sophisticated model ...
Canadian scientists and Swiss surgeons discover the cause of excess post-surgical scarring
The finding could improve recovery from abdominal and pelvic surgeryCredit: Supplied by Kubes' Lab, Snyder Institute for Chronic Disease, Cumming ...
Chimpanzees without borders
A new large-scale study uncovers recent genetic connectivity between chimpanzee subspecies despite past isolation eventsCredit: © PanAf Researchers from the ...
This frog has lungs that act like noise-canceling headphones, study shows
Credit: Norman Lee To succeed in mating, many male frogs sit in one place and call to their potential mates. ...