UC Berkeley molecular biologists propose that carcinogenesis – the generation of cancer – is just another form of speciation, the evolution of new species. “Cancer is comparable to a bacterial level of complexity, but still autonomous, that is, it doesn’t depend on other cells for survival; it doesn’t follow orders like other cells in the […]
Tiny leaf beetles that flit among the maple and willow trees in Vermont are providing scientists with some of the clearest evidence yet that environmental factors play a major role in the formation of new species. Vanderbilt University researcher Daniel Funk has been studying this odd group of leaf beetles (which resemble unappetizing caterpillar pellets) […]
University of Rochester scientists believe they have confirmed a controversial theory that the X chromosome (the female chromosome) is a strikingly powerful force in the origin of new species. The role of the X chromosome in speciation has been a contentious topic for years. Now, in a new study in the journal PLoS Biology, Rochester’s […]
