Chromosome-level genomes across the grape family place Ampelopsis near Vitis, trace karyotype evolution, and uncover a ...

A comparative review finds that widespread holokinetic chromosomes permit chromosome fissions and fusions but do not ...

A tiny freshwater snail from New Zealand is giving scientists a glimpse into evolution in motion. University of Iowa biologists have traced the snail's evolutionary history through its genome and ...

New research is shaking up our understanding of evolution by revealing that some species may not evolve gradually at all. Instead, scientists discovered that certain marine worms experienced an ...

Robertsonian chromosomes (ROB) are a type of structurally variant chromosome that is created when two chromosomes fuse together to form an unusual bond. Found commonly in nature, these chromosomes are ...

A groundbreaking study published in PNAS by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not randomly but more frequently where it ...

If we aspire to mount expeditions to new worlds and then embrace the task of characterizing and quantifying whatever life ...