Genes from fungi, bacteria, and viruses may have helped mosses and other plants to colonize the land.
Genes from fungi, bacteria, and viruses may have helped mosses and other plants to colonize the land.
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.
Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
Will the recently launched Reproducibility Initiative succeed in cleaning up research and reducing retractions?
Giving researchers access to the health records of 52 million people in England could prove invaluable to biomedical scientists.
Reduced support from the US National Library of Medicine threatens to shut down five popular biological databases.
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