Lice live their entire lives with a set of genes that in humans would indicate a late-stage degenerative disorder such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease. How do lice tolerate this genome structure ...
Unlike other mites, their reproductive organs of D. folliculorum have moved towards the front of their bodies, with male mites' penises pointing forwards and upwards from their backs. This means he ...
Most of our understanding of the processes generating GS change comes from studies of model plants with small or very small genomes. These studies have shown that polyploidy (numerous copies of the ...