A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that regulates the production of two different proteins from the same gene.

All vertebrate embryos follow a common developmental path due to their common ancestry. All have a set of very similar genes (the homeobox genes) that define their basic body plan. As they grow ...

As far back as the 19th century it was apparent to some biologists that a simple, repeated pattern underlay the differing body structures of animals. It could be seen in the segmented bodies of ...