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A truncated version of the only insulin receptor in C. elegans has been discovered.

A native calcium ion channel has been identified in bacteria for the first time.

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals how ubiquitination promotes the methylation of histone H3 by the histone-modifying complex COMPASS.

Analysis of yeast, fly and human genomes suggests that sequence divergence is not the main source of orphan genes.

The structures of the bovine and human BBSome reveal that a conformational change is required to recruit the complex to the ciliary membrane.

MRI experiments have revealed how throat singers from Tuva produce their characteristic sound.

A new way to culture and image flowers is uncovering the processes that take place in reproductive cells buried deep in plants.

A comparison of nine different approaches over a period of 20 years reveals the most promising indicators for biological age.

New fMRI experiments and machine learning are helping to identify how the mass of objects is processed in the brain.

Fertilization of an egg cell by more than one sperm cell can produce viable progeny in a flowering plant.