A single bacteriophage can dominate microbial communities yet only evolves when migration changes its ecological context.

Promoters emerge three times more readily from random DNA than from genomic DNA.

The emergence of a chemical system capable of self-replication and evolution is a critical event in the origin of life. RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but their large size and structural ...

Summary:Akiyoshi, 2025 presented a hypothesis with implications for the early evolution of eukaryotes and eukaryotic cell division machinery. In this Correspondence, the authors conclude that this hyp...

Cells are the fundamental units of life, shaped by evolution into a remarkable diversity of forms and functions. Much is known about the roles of genes and proteins, the regulation of molecular proce…

How did eukaryotic cells with complex architecture evolve from simpler prokaryotic cells? DNA analyses offer possible answers.

Abstract. How two species engage in stable endosymbiosis is a biological quandary. The study of facultative endosymbiotic interactions has emerged as a use

Sexual reproduction is a widely spread feature of eukaryotes and was already present in the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA). Most extant eukaryotes inherit mitochondria from a single parent, bu...

How do protein interactions at the subcellular scale regulate the morphology of an entire organ? Join us to explore this question with computer models!

Single-cell expression data from bacteria are used to classify gene regulatory architectures in relation to gene expression dynamics and the cell cycle, revealing distinct categories of gene regulator...

Postdoktor i proteomik och eukaryotisk evolution Detta projekt är en del av ett ERC Consolidator-anslag (PlastidOrigin) som tilldelats Fabien Burki och syftar till att studera en av de mest omvälvan

We are looking for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Bacterial Genomics at the Laboratory for Bacterial Evolution and Pathogenesis (www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/research/divisions/bacteriology/lbep) at The...

Microbial genomics; Biocomputational method; Computational bioinformatics; Genomic analysis.

Author summary Virtually all life forms visible by the naked eye are eukaryotes, complex cells with a nucleus, mitochondria and many other subcellular structures as well as the regulatory mechanisms t...