In animal evolution, the acquisition of new microRNA families seems to have been much more rapid than the acquisition of new transcription-factor families. Several authors have proposed that new ...

We are exploring the role of hydrothermal vents in driving the evolution of novel adaptations in deep-sea animals, throughout the 500+ million year history of complex life on our planet. In many parts ...

“Imagine each species’ genome is a book, and each little DNA fragment is a sentence,” Rohwer said in a press statement. “Each sample has hundreds of books, all cut up into these sentences. To ...

Discover how a recent fossil study sheds light on the evolution of the ventral nerve cord in ecdysozoan animals and its ...

For over half a billion years, evolution has sculpted the nervous systems of bilaterian animals, equipping them with ...

“These structures closely resemble the ventral nerve cords seen in modern priapulids,” explained Dr Deng Wang and Dr Jean ...

This groundbreaking discovery enriches our understanding of ecdysozoan evolution and underscores the role of the fossil record in addressing key questions about early animal development.

Scientists discovered that choanoflagellates coordinate their movements through electrical signaling via voltage-gated ...

The Animal Evolutionary Ecology group offers a variety of courses for Bachelor and Master students. In the third/fifth semester of the Bachelor's programme we are responsible for the lecture ...

Some animals could likely tell the difference between light and dark, but they never knew whether that looming shadow was a friend or foe. Then, at the beginning of the Cambrian Period, life opened ...

Sexual Dimorphism in the Animal Kingdom; a Theory of the Evolution of Secondary Sexual Characters. By J. T. Cunningham Pp. xi + 317; with 32 illustrations. (London: Adam and Charles Black ...