Bacterial evolution is the process of heritable change in populations of bacteria over multiple generations. It occurs through mechanisms including natural selection and genetic drift, and can ...

Point mutations are often thought of as the raw material of evolution; these small changes ... Single-nucleotide substitution in a DNA sequence that encodes a protein may produce either a ...

Many bacterial genes were transferred from the genome of the endosymbiont to the eukaryotic nuclear genome during evolution of the mitochondria. How do scientists believe this transfer could have ...

Unlike another famous bacterial evolution experiment at UT ... to reconstruct bacterial genomes from short sequences of DNA in the water samples. The same work that took a couple of months ...

A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most ...

A new study has revealed the existence of bifunctional diterpene cyclases/synthases (DCSs) in bacteria, offering compelling ...

show that horizontal gene flow has played a major role in the evolution of bacterial phototrophs and that many of the essential components of photosynthesis are among these horizontally transferred ...

Using whole-genome sequencing to track the evolution of bacteria as they are exposed to ever-increasing levels of antibiotics, researchers have identified some consistent—and potentially ...

In a groundbreaking study, researcher Kostas Konstantinidis has reshaped our understanding of microbial life, challenging the long-standing belief that bacteria do not form distinct species.

More information: Federico A Vignale et al, Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis, eLife (2025). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.