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.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in ecology, from Faculty of 1000
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Scientists track changes in bacterial genomes during a hospital outbreak to discover potential pathogenesis genes.
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.
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