For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and proteins are largely neutral: they're neither good nor bad, but just ordinary ...

In the children’s game telephone, a whispered phrase like “I ate a pear” can quickly become “I hate bears” as it moves down a line of players. As genes are passed down from parents to offspring, they ...

A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of ...

The influenza (flu) virus is constantly undergoing a process of evolution and adaptation through acquiring new mutations. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have added a new layer of ...

It's time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease, argue authors of a new essay. It's time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a ...

3D structure of a melanoma cell derived by ion abrasion scanning electron microscopy. It’s time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease, argued Sui Huang from ...