Organisms that aren't closely related may evolve similar traits as they adapt to similar challenges. It's called convergent evolution, and familiar examples include the wings of birds, bats, and ...
One of the exciting and frustrating things about convergence, particularly in healthcare, is that it’s tough to predict how the hybrid technologies will find their way to market. The process of ...
Alu elements, labeled with green fluorescence in these human chromosomes, make up more than 10 percent of the human genome. (Image from Bolzer et al., (2005) Three-Dimensional Maps of All Chromosomes ...