Flowers across at least three stinky families share a similarly evolved genetic pathway to carrion mimicry, according to a study published May 8 in the journal Science. With a few small ...

coli, they found that one class, SBP1, encodes enzymes that convert methanethiol into DMDS. A correlation between the amount of DMDS emitted by the flowers and the expression levels of SBPs was ...

coli infections were found by the FDA Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously an entertainment reporter at The ...