Significant innovations in next-generation sequencing techniques and bioinformatics tools
have impacted our appreciation and understanding of RNA. Practical RNA sequencing …

Although neo-Darwinian (and less often Lamarckian) dynamics are regularly invoked to
interpret cancer's multifarious molecular profiles, they shine little light on how tumorigenesis …

Mutation accumulation (MA) experiments are conventionally employed to study
spontaneous germline mutations. However, MA experiments can also shed light on somatic …

Unicellular organisms such as ciliates are largely neglected in research on adaptive
developmental plasticity, although their nuclear dualism offers ideal circumstances to study …

Background Primary hypertension is a major risk factor for various cardiovascular diseases.
Although low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein are known to influence …

Why is sex so popular? The question of why so many organisms reproduce sexually has
mystified evolutionary biologists since before Darwin, who wrote that “The whole subject is …