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A Mutation Turned Ants Into Parasites in One Generation
...evolution of these weird, workerless social parasites,” Kronauer said. The Strength of Supergenes Little is known about the evolutionary history of the supergene on chromosome 13 that confers the social...
How 3D Changes in the Genome Turned Sharks Into Skates
...the evolutionary genomicist José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta assembled a diverse international team of genomics researchers and evolutionary developmental biologists. A team was needed partly because the first step would be to...
In New Paradox, Black Holes Appear to Evade Heat Death
...Swingle, a physicist at Brandeis University. “But then along came black holes.” When an ice cube melts and attains equilibrium with the liquid, physicists usually say the evolution of the...
What Causes Giant Rogue Waves?
...as hard because there’s evolution in space and time, but at least water is water, right? So its properties don’t change. And it’s hard because there is a free surface,...
Why Insect Memories May Not Survive Metamorphosis
...to an adult brain, the new study provides clues to how evolution made the development of these insects take such a wild detour. “It’s a monumental piece,” said Bertram Gerber,...
Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve
...The new evolution experiments are starting to provide insights into how the smallest, simplest organisms might evolve — and how principles of evolution unite all forms of life, even genetic...
Andreas Wagner Pursues the Secrets to Evolutionary Success
...what drives evolution, and he has wondered about evolutionary innovations that seem to lead nowhere — until they suddenly become the next big thing. His most recent book, Sleeping Beauties:...
Quaking Giants Might Solve the Mysteries of Stellar Magnetism
...is tipped on its side, meaning that the technique could determine the orientation of magnetic fields, which is crucial for updating models of stellar evolution. A second study, led by...
What Makes Life Tick? Mitochondria May Keep Time for Cells
...evolution exploits in creating new species. However, what sets the tempo of an organism’s growth has remained a mystery. “Our knowledge of what controls developmental timing has really lagged behind...