Novel perspectives emerge from a recent conference on the origins of eukaryotic cells, which covered phylogenetics, population genetics and evolutionary consequences of energy requirements and ...

At least three determinants contribute to obesity. First, genetic factors, as seen in most human diseases, contribute to obesity. Mice studies indicate that genetic alterations can affect food intake, ...

Department of Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, United States My participation in the Emory Tibet Science Initiative (ETSI) has afforded me considerable means to enrich my teaching at the ...

Less biology will be taught in schools in the future. Scientists are appalled by the lack of biology lessons in the curriculum that has been approved by parliament. Now biologists have launched a ...

Universities are charged with developing the next generation for a future we can’t predict. Here are three lessons from evolutionary biology to make sense of a changing world – and three skills the ...

In the published article, there was an error. There was a misformulation of a conclusion. A correction has been made to the Discussion, paragraph 5. This sentence ...

ANALYSIS: To reduce purported harms inflicted upon LGBTQ students, scholars exhort colleagues to adapt biology lessons that affirm rather than deny the identities, experiences and beliefs of such ...

Tremendous progress has been made in elucidating numerous critical aspects of estrogen signaling. New tools and techniques have enabled detailed molecular analysis of components that direct estrogen ...