When Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands almost 200 years ago as a gentleman naturalist, he used the power of observation to develop his theory that species evolve over time.

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21.09.2023

Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins

Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light on feather evolution.

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21.09.2023

New origin story for key regulatory gene: PRC2 repressed jumping genes in ancestors of eukaryotes

The key protein complex PRC2 was discovered decades ago to silence genes, but new findings by Frederic Berger and his group at the Gregor Mendel Institute show that PRC2 represses transposons in a range ...

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21.09.2023

A fossil jumping spider's 15-million-year journey

Jumping spiders (Salticidae) are a recently evolved family of spiders. They are known for their distinctive large eyes and ability to jump long distances relative to their small size. Australia has about ...

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Researchers' analysis of perching birds points to new answers in evolutionary diversification

Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins

New origin story for key regulatory gene: PRC2 repressed jumping genes in ancestors of eukaryotes

A fossil jumping spider's 15-million-year journey

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