Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion ...

To understand what occurred along the vertebrate evolutionary tree between fish and mammals, the researchers looked at the activity of those same enhancers in frogs and lizards. In frog tadpoles ...

For decades, biologists have used evolutionary or phylogenetic trees to map how species and genes diverge from common ancestors. These trees are traditionally built by comparing DNA or protein ...

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

The truffles — a type of fungi found across the globe and revered as rare culinary delicacies — have since been studied ...