The newly compiled tree of life will help scientists piece together the origins of flowering plants and inform future ...

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, ...

Researchers have innovatively merged protein structural data with genetic sequences to construct evolutionary trees, ...

Project leader Professor Dan Macqueen emphasized the significance of these duplications in shaping the course of life on our ...

In a new peer reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The ...

Researchers say strategy will help understand the history of life, monitor the spread of pathogens or create new treatments for disease.

In DNA, adenine always pairs with thymine (A-T), and guanine ... has revolutionized our understanding of the tree of life and the mechanisms of evolution.

Because of the great diversity among viruses, biologists have struggled with how to classify these entities and how to relate them to the conventional tree of life. They may represent genetic ...

A new review reveals how your DNA shapes reproductive health, fertility, and even life expectancy. Led by researchers from the University of Oxford's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and ...

The genetic work should show how species relate ... "It’s a pipefish," says Kes Scott-Somme, a research assistant on the Darwin Tree of Life project. "It's basically like a stretched-out seahorse.