In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

In the dim waters off the Japanese coast, scientists have stumbled upon something that shouldn’t exist. Or at least not by the rules we thought biology followed. While sequencing DNA from a tiny ...

A new study led by Harvard biologists describes how some sea slugs consume algae and incorporate their photosynthetic ...

In this article, you’ll learn how eukaryotic cells operate, providing a solid foundation for understanding how life functions ...

This valuable manuscript investigates the localisation of nutrient receptors in bloodstream stage trypanosomes, with implications for both nutrient uptake and immune evasion. Results after direct ...

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Cells have reached the maximum size for energetic reasons, and DNA has reached the limit of its ability to explore the space of new protein function and regulation.

DNA replication is an extremely accurate process and cells have evolved intricate control mechanisms to ensure that each region of their genome is replicated only once during S phase. Here, we compare ...

The eukaryotic cell, the most significant increase in complexity in the history of life's evolution on Earth, emerged as a phase transition and unlocked the path toward other major transitions ...

Plant cells Plant cells are the building blocks of all plant life. They are characterized by a rigid cell wall made of cellulose, chloroplasts for photosynthesis and large central vacuoles that store ...

However, recent studies have indicated that some prokaryotes have linear chromosomes. For example, Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, contains a linear chromosome of 910,725 ...