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 ...

The conservation of basic mechanisms and principles among simple symbioses of microorganisms with hosts from the whole tree of life and evidence of co-evolution and co-adaptation of symbiotic ...

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 ...

Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you'll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents ...

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 ...

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Convergent evolution is a central concept in evolutionary biology, showing how different organisms can develop convergent traits independently when facing similar environmental challenges ...