Researchers use whole-genome sequencing to keep tabs on the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
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Researchers use whole-genome sequencing to keep tabs on the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
The need for ancient humans to keep cool during the day might explain their lack of body hair but not why they walked on two feet.
Gene expression controlled from afar may have spurred the spurt in brain evolution that led to modern humans.
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Traits that help one sex but hurt the other are not sufficient for maintaining genetic variation.
Scientists track changes in bacterial genomes during a hospital outbreak to discover potential pathogenesis genes.
Bacteria age, but as a lineage, can live forever.
Scientists have made a definitive link between a recently-discovered fungus and a lethal disease wiping out bat populations in eastern North America.
The widespread bacteria known to manipulate host reproductive output can do so by ramping up stem cell division and consequent egg production in Drosophila.