What is the molecular clock? Levels of molecular variation could be used, in principle, to estimate divergence times, serving as evolutionary "clocks" that "tick" at different rates. Subsequent ...

New research published in Molecular Neurodegeneration has revealed that mutations in three genes known to cause familial ...

In the early days of molecular evolution, one of the most tantalizing findings was the observation that protein sequence change seemed to occur at a rate proportional to the time since the ...

Researchers have developed a new “body clock" tool that measures biological age and may help forecast a person’s risk of ...

The slow loss of memory, thinking, and independence that defines Alzheimer’s disease continues to affect millions worldwide.

Co-author Dr Tom Williams, Associate Professor in Molecular Evolution at the University of Bristol ... The researchers addressed the historic gaps by simultaneously analysing geological and genetic ...

A group of researchers in the lab of Prof. Lucía Chávez Gutiérrez (VIB-KU Leuven) have unraveled the genetic contributions to familial Alzheimer's Disease development and revealed how specific ...