Recent research has provided new insights into the evolutionary relationships between mitochondria and their closest relatives, as well as the adaptations that have occurred in various eukaryotic ...

While prokaryotic cells do not have membrane-bound structures, they do have distinct cellular regions (Figure 1). In prokaryotic cells, DNA bundles together in a region called the nucleoid. Primitive ...

Eukaryotic microorganisms, or protists, are essential ecological agents that populate various environments like aquatic and ...

For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...

These relationships may have been pivotal in shaping the complex microbiomes that are now integral to animal life, including humans. Related Stories ・ Researchers build robot based on creature ...

An in-depth analysis of marine eukaryotic fossils, organisms whose cells contain a nucleus, has provided a better understanding of the evolution of life on Earth. This research shows that the first ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Remarkable social behaviors have been discovered in Kinda baboons (Papio kindae) that set them apart from other baboon ...

Solving the evolutionary puzzle of polyploidy: how genome duplication shapes adaptation New research explores how polyploidy slows gradual evolution yet accelerates innovation Date: January 23 ...