The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears ...

Is there only one optimal configuration an organism can reach during evolution? Is there a single formula that describes the trajectory towards the optimum? And can we 'derive' it in a purely ...

Figure 1: Transposable elements can influence gene expression in many ways. “...transposases continue to stand out as a recurrent supply of new proteins in diverse organisms.” The recent ...

A new predictive AI system has been developed to predict gene activity in human cells with high precision. Researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, led by Raul ...