In a study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, scientists show that the SAMD9 and SAMD9L genes, key players in ...

Microbes are known for their ability to evolve. Many types of microbes can interact with one another, and easily exchange genetic material. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is one process microbes use ...

A new scientific review has uncovered how complex microbial communities, including those in the human gut and the natural ...

A major event in the evolution of organisms on earth was the development of complex, multicellular life forms made of eukaryotic cells, which are thought to have come from prokaryotic cells. Studies ...

Bacteria are among the most diverse and ancient forms of life on Earth. Yet, much of what we know about them comes from a small group of species ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a rapidly growing concern at the intersection of environmental microbiology and evolutionary developmental ...

Specialists from the Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK) reported on the evolution of arboviruses in Cuba during ...

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A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

mRNA, widely known from the COVID-19 vaccine, is not actually a "therapeutic agent," but a technology that delivers the blueprint for functional proteins in the body and induces therapeutic effects.