The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

A bizarre and ugly fish that has been around for hundreds of millions of years has been discovered to have the most DNA of any animal ever found. These South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) ...

Scientists have sequenced the largest genome of all animals, the lungfish genome. Their data help to explain how the fish-ancestors of today's land vertebrates were able to conquer land. Thirty times ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Katherine Seghers / Louisiana State University Scientists have sequenced the largest ...

"And particularly it's exciting because it's a plant.” New research shows that the genome size of this fork fern species… is estimated to be more than 50 times the size of a human genome. :: Ilia ...

From a bat’s wings to an elephant’s cancer resistance, an interdisciplinary team of scientists at University of Utah Health are using animals’ unique traits to pinpoint regions of the human genome ...

UC Santa Barbara researcher Susanne Meyer remembers when she went out to collect skin biopsy samples from free roaming blue whales in the Santa Barbara Channel. Standing with her teammates on the deck ...

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In less than 25 y, the field of animal genome science has transformed from a discipline seeking its first glimpses into genome sequences ...

Ask someone to think of an animal, and chances are they'll come up with one of our relatives among the mammals. A few people might go further afield and mention other vertebrates, like birds and fish.

EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 14. AUGUST 2024, 17:00 CEST (16:00 LONDON TIME, 11:00 US EASTERN TIME) Join us as we travel back in time! We have arrived in the Devonian period, some 420 to 360 million ...