It seems we actually share something in common with whales, as it turns out our tailbones, or coccyx, are also very important for the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments. This vestigial ...

Visual systems of both humans and animals can detect life motion from the environment at the earliest stage of visual ...

Researchers have clarified how homologous chromosome pairing -- a process necessary for sperm and egg formation where paternally- and maternally-derived chromosomes match and exchange genetic ...

Homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) is a well-described phenotype of some prostate cancers; however, current biomarkers for HRD are imperfect and rely on detection of single gene alterations in ...

Insights into atomic-scale defects may enable next-generation thin-film transistors for smartphones, televisions, and ...

Homologous recombination plays essential roles in the repair of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) and collapsed replication forks. The fundamental reaction in homologous recombination is the exchange of ...

This activity asks you to assume the role of an evolutionary biologist to determine the phylogenetic tree for several sets of four organisms. It illustrates how outward appearances alone can be ...