Giant DNA viruses that infect eukaryotic cells are thought to have played a role in the evolution of life, according to the ...
The research analysed not just gene composition but also the physical order of genes on chromosomes, tracking their movements ...
Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...
Encouraged by these results, Dudin, Dey, Guichard, and Hamel launched a close collaboration. Three years later, their work has produced near-encyclopedic insight into hundreds of protist species and ...
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Two white-blooded fish, two paths: Icefish and noodlefish independently lose red blood cell function
Antarctic icefish are famous for living without red blood cells, but they are not alone. A species of needle-shaped, ...
In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.
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Jellyfish Snooze Like We Do, And It Could Explain The Origins of Sleep
Even a boneless, gelatinous sack lacking a dedicated anus and brain needs its beauty sleep, a new study by researchers from ...
It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about ...
Jellyfish and sea anemones display human-like sleep, supporting theories about sleep’s role in preserving neurons, even ...
With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient ...
The discovery, published in the Journal of Virology in November 2025, adds weight to the viral eukaryogenesis hypothesis.
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