Biology

Discovery of parental factors that lead to asymmetric division of the zygote.

Asexual reproduction increases when female cockroaches are housed as a group, not alone, enabling them to maintain a colony for at least three years without a male’s contribution.

An algorithm that prioritizes gene variants with their likelihood of involvement in human disease.

Java sparrows are more likely to mate after dancing together, according to a study from Hokkaido University, contradictory to the belief that songs are the primary sexual signal.

Dinoflagellates cope with stress by editing their genes rather than changing expression, show researchers at KAUST.