The endoplasmic reticulum is usually the biggest organelle in eukaryotic cells; it has various portions that serve different purposes; and it is the site of protein production, as well other other ...

I like to argue that adaptation is the engine that drives Mother Nature. In biology, adaptation is broken down into three different aspects. The first of the tri-aspects is that natural selection ...

Genetic adaptation found: Quechua-speaking descendants of the Inca have unusually high copies of the AMY1 gene, aiding starch digestion. Rooted in domestication: The genetic shift aligns with the ...

The genome is more than just its sequence; epigenetic features of DNA, like chemical tags that may be attached, or how it's organized and structured, can have a significant impact on gene expression ...

From a new paper published in Ecology Letters, this graphic shows examples of how interactions between temperature and sexual selection drive the co-adaptation of thermal physiology, thermoregulation ...

India Today: Michael Benard, professor and chair of biology at the College of Arts and Sciences, said species that overprepare for a cold winter that no longer comes, "may be allocating precious ...

THE letter from Mr. A. G. Lowndes, published in NATURE of Dec. 24, raises a question of great and increasing importance. We all know that the old controversy between materialism and vitalism has ...