Gene expression controlled from afar may have spurred the spurt in brain evolution that led to modern humans.
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Gene expression controlled from afar may have spurred the spurt in brain evolution that led to modern humans.
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Scientists are beginning to discover myriad strategies tumors use to avoid attacks by anti-cancer drugs.
Researchers ask: Is there an advantage to getting emotional when touching certain textures, or seeing colors change when you listen to music?
Traits that help one sex but hurt the other are not sufficient for maintaining genetic variation.
The venom from the Texas coral snake causes intense pain by targeting acid-sensing ion channels, providing researchers with potential new targets for pain therapies.
Scientists track changes in bacterial genomes during a hospital outbreak to discover potential pathogenesis genes.
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Bacteria age, but as a lineage, can live forever.
The widespread bacteria known to manipulate host reproductive output can do so by ramping up stem cell division and consequent egg production in Drosophila.