For the first time, researchers used data from protein shapes and combined it with data from genomic sequences to improve the reliability of evolutionary trees—which they describe as a critical ...

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a study in Nature Communications . It is the first time ...

Fruit trees need to be grown in the right conditions if they're to flower and fruit to their full potential. Bare-root fruit trees are generally cheaper to buy than potted trees, and the time to buy ...

Finally, birds and mammals belong to a richly branching part of the vertebrate phylogenetic tree, most of the branches ... given to outstanding novelties in evolution which have originated ...

We have been researching the evolution of primate litter size ... of as many species as possible across the mammalian family tree and then use mathematical algorithms to look for patterns.

A study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History presents the oldest known example in the fossil record of an evolutionary arms race. These 517-million-year-old predator-prey ...

The project will utilize advanced genomic data and state-of-the-art sequencing technologies to probe the significance of these duplication events throughout the evolutionary tree. “This new ...

What if the AI future doesn’t stretch to these sci-fi dystopias? For an evolutionary biologist, seeing AI technologies diversify into all manner of applications looks a lot like the proliferation of ...

The world’s richest man has decided to change his digital look, opting to resurrect a dated image that the Anti-Defamation League flagged as a hate symbol in 2016. Musk’s rebranded account ...