Scientists have discovered a sexual reproduction process in microalgae that helps them better understand algae and plant evolution. Their discovery could lead to new industrial applications for ...

Tokyo [Japan], December 30 (ANI): Researchers' understanding of the evolution of algae and plants has been improved by their discovery of the sexual reproduction process in microalgae. Their discovery ...

Sex or no sex? That depends on how you feel about harmful mutations, says new research from the University of Toronto. Using various species of the evening primrose (Oenothera) as his model, Jesse ...

Sperm and egg cells, or gametes, are unusual. Egg cells are some of the largest cell types, and sperm are some of the smallest. In humans, these haploid cells come together to form diploid cells. It's ...

This news release is available in Portuguese. A European and US consortium coordinated by Jorg Becker, group leader at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), has now received funding of ...

Ella Fitzgerald’s famous song about falling in love starts with: Birds do it Bees do it, Even educated fleas do it… It turns out that Fitzgerald's ode to love was a more comprehensive description of ...