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Over the decades there have been many experiments involving random sequences, e.g. testing ATP-binding (e.g. Keefe & Szostak 2001), and evolving promoters (Yona et al. 2018), for the latter a good fraction evolved to match the wild type; I think this new study is the first to tes
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From an in press study that was published yesterday[ 1 ] on terrestrial mammals: ... Comparative genomics identifies 25 hearing-related genes showing rapid evolution, positive selection, lineage-specific mutations and coevolution with [relative vocal fold length], suggesting a
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"From so simple a beginning..." What morphologies are more likely to appear during evolution is a central question in zoology. Here we offer a novel approach to this question based on first developmental principles. We assumed that morphogenesis results from the genetic regula
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Published today, in press: Jenkins X, Peecook B, Choiniere J ... The phylogenetic origin of turtles Current Biology, 2026 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.04.070 The evolutionary origins of turtles remain poorly understood. Molecular systematics posit a sister relationsh