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(CNN) — A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis. Scientists ...

Roguelites have grown to become one of the more enduring genres in video games in the past decade. It’s a style that works with smaller teams because it emphasizes tight gameplay loops and ...

Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them. The natural world is awash with color, and many ...

This paper describes the study of the evolution of the N-terminal domain of the MSH6 mismatch repair protein in regard to the presence or absence of histone reader domains. While the presence of the ...

Abstract: Phylogenetic placement is the computational task that places a query taxon into a reference phylogeny by analyzing biomolecular sequences or other evolutionary characters. A chief advantage ...

This tutorial shows an easiy way to reconstruct a phylogenetic tree from whole genome bacterial genomes. The workflow identifies orthologous single-copy genes shared between several bacteria genomes ...

Introduction: The HD-ZIP protein, a unique class of transcription factors in plants, plays a crucial role in plant growth and development. Although some HD-ZIP transcription factors have been ...

Abstract: A phylogenetic tree is a graphical depiction that showcases the evolutionary connections among different species or other groups within a given dataset. In the context of a dataset focusing ...

The mammalian order of Primates comprises 172 species of Old World apes and monkeys (Catarrhini), 146 New World monkeys (Platyrrhini), and 144 lemurs, lorises, and galagos (Strepsirrhini). Primates ...