All Ecology & Evolution articles – Page 10
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NewsE coli strain may have evolved too far to be fit for lab purposes
A model organism used in laboratories for the past 100 years has evolved so extensively that it may no longer be fit for purpose, according to a new study.
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NewsFlagellate study reveals how cells gain control over their bacterial symbionts
A research team has cast fresh light on how eukaryotic cells integated bacteria in the course of evolution to become organelles, thanks to a study of the single-celled flagellate Angomonas deanei, which contains a bacterium that was taken up relatively recently.
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NewsDiscovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years
Microscopic fragments of environmental DNA dating back two million years has been found in Ice Age sediment in northern Greenland, opening a game-changing new chapter in the history of evolution.
