The vivid wing patterns of butterflies, once attributed to a gene, are now traced to an overlooked microRNA.

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A safe biological birth control strategy for men has eluded scientists for many years. Now, an understudied enzyme brought ...

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“Major vertebrate evolutionary transitions, such as ‘fin to limb’ and ‘dinosaur to bird’ are substantiated by numerous fossil discoveries,” coauthor John Maisey of the American Museum of Natural ...

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