Some chromosomes, such as B chromosomes, can increase their inheritance rate to their own advantage. These extra chromosomes are found in many plants, animals, and fungi and rely upon various ...

Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural membranes necessary ...

The origin of many diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's can be found at the molecular level in our body, in other ...

This is a summary of: Giger, G. H. et al. Inducing novel endosymbioses by implanting bacteria in fungi. Nature 635, 415–422 ...