Evolutionary molecule identified by researchers
(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified a molecule that could play a key role in how cells develop into the building blocks of life.
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Evolution and ecological competition of multicellular life cycles
New studies by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology show that competition between different evolutionary developmental stages of multicellular life cycles can be important for the development of an entire population. ...
Evolution
Sep 14, 2022
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Study finds people transformed how species associated after 300 million years
A study published today finds a surprising and very recent shift away from the steady relationship among species that prevailed for more than 300 million years.
Ecology
Dec 16, 2015
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Age and fertility in social insects
A new research unit coordinated at the University of Freiburg tackles the question of why the otherwise usual trade-off between fecundity and lifespan in multicellular organisms is not present in social insects like bees, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2015
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Novel hypothesis on why animals diversified on Earth
Can tumors teach us about animal evolution on Earth? Researchers believe so, and now present a novel hypothesis of why animal diversity increased dramatically on Earth about a half-billion years ago. A biological innovation ...
Ecology
Jan 19, 2018
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Why tiny microbes may be a big factor in how climate change unfolds
Climate change is about big things: melting ice sheets, rising seas, the feverish temperature of the planet.
Environment
Jun 19, 2019
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Getting sticky with it: Phospholipid found to play a key role in epithelial cell adhesion
Cells have certain proteins that help them adhere to each other while covering body surfaces and organs. Loss of these identifying proteins could result in cellular progression towards cancer and, subsequently, metastasis. ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 9, 2022
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Searching for the roots
What are the closest relatives of humans? What is the common origin of multicellular life? What is the source of disease-causing germs that can lead to devastating epidemics? Since the beginnings of modern research into evolution, ...
Evolution
Sep 7, 2017
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