evolutionary biology
Research delves into the origins of pregnancy, pointing to an invasive placenta in the last common ancestor
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Certain wild animals may be able to evolve more rapidly than scientists originally believed
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Female cuckoo finches inherit their ability to mimic the appearance of their hosts’ eggs from their mothers
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Scientists reconstruct the evolutionary tree of beetles with the help of mathematical models
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New research shows that developing wings rather than bony spurs involved both sexual and natural selection
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A team has probed the genetics of bowfin fish to reveal insights about human health and evolutionary history
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Scientists were able to identify more than 300 genes that vary in the genome of the water flea
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Researchers observe the genetic imprint of the surprisingly rapid transition from unicellular to multicellular life
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Evolution is not always a one-way street toward increasing specialization
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Over a half-billion years ago, life on Earth was comprised of simple ocean organisms unlike anything living in today's oceans
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