Supercomputer simulation shows why beneficial mutations rarely lead to hypermutators in real organisms
In real life, mutants can arise when their DNA changes to give them an advantage over the rest of the population. A team from the University of Michigan has used simulations on the Pittsburgh ...
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Scientists Uncover a 69-Million-Year-Old Bird Skull—Could This Be the Oldest Modern Bird Ever?
A 69-million-year-old fossilized skull unearthed in Antarctica could rewrite the history of modern birds. The nearly complete ...
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How life's building blocks took shape on early Earth: the limits of membraneless polyester protocell formation
A recent study from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions.