The recently hyped amoeba-flagellate Collodictyon has many secrets to tell about early eukaryotic evolution.
Advertisement
The Scientist
Most Recent
Evolving, The Moral Molecule, Aping Mankind, and Experiment Eleven
The discovery of the 2.5-million-year-old Taung Child skull marked a turning point in the study of human brain evolution.
Synthetic biologists harness software to design genes and networks.
The second of the two controversial bird flu papers is published in Science, revealing that just five mutations can render the virus transmissible between ferrets.
Shortly after a rat infested supply ship ran aground in Lord Howe Island off the east coast of Australia in 1918, the newly introduced mammals wiped out the island's phasmids—stick insects the size of a human hand. Ever since, phasmids have been cons
New crystallography images show that artificial DNA bases take on a surprisingly normal geometry when bound by polymerase.
Researchers rediscover a giant insect, thought to have gone extinct a century ago, and plan to reintroduce it to its native island off the coast of Australia.
In pondering genome structure and function, evolutionary geneticist Laurence Hurst has arrived at some unanticipated conclusions about how natural selection has molded our DNA.
Follow The Scientist
Stay Connected with The Scientist
-
The Scientist Magazine
-
The Scientist Careers
-
Neuroscience Research Techniques
-
Genetic Research Techniques
-
Cell Culture Techniques
-
Microbiology and Immunology
-
Cancer Research and Technology
Current Issue
