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Polymorphisms in the IFNL4 gene that affect both the form and the activity of the coded protein are associated with changes in the hepatitis C virus.

The brain architecture of shrimp living in deep-sea vents provides clues to how these organisms have adapted to extreme living.

Single-cell RNA-sequencing in fruit flies gives an unprecedented picture of how new genes are expressed during the formation of sperm.

Young Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodites use their own sperm to protect against the negative consequences of mating.

A brain region known as the hippocampus is required when people assess different options before making a value-based choice.

Applying ancestral sequence reconstruction techniques to protein kinases reveals the mutations that underlie different modes of activation.

Shewanella oneidensis bacteria use an abiotic reaction to help shuttle electrons outside of the cell.

The transcription factor ztf-11 promotes neuronal differentiation by repressing other cell fates in the nematode worm C. elegans.

The fungal parasite Podosphaera plantaginis employs both sexual and asexual reproduction to increase its chances of infecting the plant Plantago lanceolata.

A combination of two fluorescent proteins with different half-lives allows gene expression to be followed with improved time resolution.