Mutations fuel evolution while also causing diseases like cancer. Epigenome-targeted DNA repair can help organisms protect important genomic regions from mutation. However, the adaptive value, ...

In this study, the authors perform a details phylogenetic analysis ... show a compelling case of convergent evolution in the fusion between an important mismatch repair protein (MSH6) and histone ...

To explore how the diversity of pollen structures may have evolved, I have mapped the pollen data onto the family tree of legumes ... from a shared evolutionary history and those from convergent ...

Imagine plunging into the depths of the ocean and coming face to face with a creature that glides through the water with ...

An international collaboration between four scientists from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, and Zurich has published new research in ...

Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...

Abstract: Phylogenetic placement is the problem of placing sequences into a given phylogenetic tree, called a “backbone tree”. EPA-ng and pplacer are the two most accurate phylogenetic placement ...