Fruit flies engineered to suffer from temperature-dependent seizures reveal overactive sodium channels in neurons.
Fruit flies engineered to suffer from temperature-dependent seizures reveal overactive sodium channels in neurons.
A unique organism sighted only once, more than a century ago, could shed light on the evolution of multicellularity—if it ever actually existed.
Laboratory-raised populations of dung beetles reveal a mother's extragenetic influence on the physiques of her sons.
Epigenetic changes accrued over an organism’s lifetime may leave a permanent heritable mark on the genome, through the help of long noncoding RNAs.
Advances in light microscopy allow the mapping of cell migration during embryogenesis and capture dynamic processes at the cellular level.
Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
Wired for Story, Dreamland, Homo Mysterious, and Vagina
In exploring how embryos take shape, John Wallingford has identified a key pathway involved in vertebrate development—and human disease.
A Bill of Rights amendment reaffirming the right to pray could have negative consequences for the teaching of evolution.