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One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

An RNAi based genetic screen and subsequent analyses reveal how dyneins and small GTPases coordinate autophagosome positioning at the ncMTOC in fat cells, advancing understanding of autophagic vesicle ...

Researchers have uncovered genetic elements that drive the rapid development of marsupials' facial features.

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This is a valuable study that combines a wide range of approaches to provide a biophysical and evolutionary mechanism that could explain why some particular mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 protein N arose ...

ANCRAM — Juice dripped down my chin as I bit into Frostbite, a small, round, reddish-maroon apple. It tasted sweetly earthy, like molasses, and not at all like an apple. I was captivated. And I was ...