Alu elements, labeled with green fluorescence in these human chromosomes, make up more than 10 percent of the human genome. (Image from Bolzer et al., (2005) Three-Dimensional Maps of All Chromosomes ...

Species adapt and evolve in strikingly similar or distinct ways. Uncover the different pathways between convergent and divergent evolution. The theory of evolution, worked out in the nineteenth ...

For 150 years scientists have been trying to explain convergent evolution. One of the best-known examples of this is how poisonous butterflies from different species evolve to mimic each other's color ...

It turns out humans aren’t the only ones checking out what their neighbors are doing when looking for ideas on how to make life easier. All species adapt and evolve in a variety of ways. In fact, ...

During development, embryonic cells sculpt three-dimensional tissues. Although cell polarity is commonly analysed along one, and sometimes two, dimensions, this perspective illustrates how ...