The mystery of life’s beginnings has long captivated scientists. Central to that search is LUCA—the last universal common ...

Eukaryogenesis occurred suddenly, driven by the growing length of genes and the limitations on producing longer proteins. An ...

Comparisons are usually made pairwise with reference to a third genome 'outgroup' or by examination of pairs of paired sequences and summarized in phylogenetic trees. A phylogenetically controlled ...

Producers who were raising pigs in the 1980s can clearly remember the first time they encountered the “Mystery Swine Disease” ...

In new research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, we identify Australia’s earliest known species of ...