Yerba mate, along with tea and coffee, is one of the world's most popular caffeinated beverages. Widely consumed in South ...

For over half a billion years, evolution has sculpted the nervous systems of bilaterian animals, equipping them with ...

Saber teeth are a prime example of convergent evolution. These hyper-elongate canines appeared first in therapsid gorgonopsians around 265 million years ago and later in mammalian lineages such as ...

Analysis of the yerba mate plant genome reveals that caffeine was key for the evolution of its metabolic complexity and ...

For example, priapulids exhibit a single ventral ... Are these similarities the result of convergent evolution, or do they reflect a shared evolutionary origin? Scalidophorans, which include ...

For example, the pig has lost the MHC-DP genes while expanding the number of MHC ... This exon is the least likely to be affected by convergent evolution, making its tree’s structure easier to ...

Discover how scientists blend biology, synthetic biology, and astrobiology to speculate on alien life forms, focusing on the ...

For example, priapulids exhibit a single ventral ... Are these similarities the result of convergent evolution, or do they reflect a shared evolutionary origin? Scalidophorans, which include ...

For example, priapulids exhibit a single ventral nerve cord ... they are phylogenetically distant. Are these similarities the result of convergent evolution, or do they reflect a shared evolutionary ...