A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

Forecasting protein evolution in terms of folding stability using state-of-the-art population genetics and substitution models is feasible in rugged fitness landscapes, whereas forecasting exact amino ...

Researchers have described a large set of previously unrecognized enzymatic domains—named the Lipocone superfamily—and outlined their evolutionary pathway from bacterial defense molecules to key ...