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Using termite and cockroach genomes, researchers built phylogenetic trees from transposons, paving a new way to differentiate difficult evolutionary lineages.  

evolutionary genomics

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Aerobic Bacteria May Predate Earth’s Oxygen Boom

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Sex Determination: It’s in the Genes—Sometimes

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Mosquitoes Adapt to a Warming Environment

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An Ancient Grapevine Uncorks Clues About a Deadly Plant Pathogen

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Diving Into the Brittle Star Genome to Understand the Evolution of Regeneration

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Rockfish Genes Hold Clues to Human Longevity

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My Daughter’s First Pet—the Next Big Model Organism?

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Giant Viruses Can Integrate into the Genomes of Their Hosts

New Genome Sequences Reveal Undescribed African Migration

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The Ear as a Therapeutic Gateway to the Vagus Nerve

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Universe 25 Experiment

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T Cell Nomenclature Gets an Update

A yellow-colored frozen frog.

Freeze-Tolerant Frogs Power Organ Cryopreservation Strategies

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Skip the Wait for Protein Stability Data with Aunty

Skip the Wait for Protein Stability Data with Aunty

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Thermo Scientific X and S Series General Purpose Centrifuges

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January 2026, Issue 1

What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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Skip the Wait for Protein Stability Data with Aunty

Skip the Wait for Protein Stability Data with Aunty

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An Automated DNA-to-Data Framework for Production-Scale Sequencing

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Exploring Cellular Organization with Spatial Proteomics

Exploring Cellular Organization with Spatial Proteomics

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Organoid Origins and How to Grow Them

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