New research on transcriptional pausing, which helps control gene expression in cells, will aid our understanding of the enzyme RNA polymerase – a key player in the process and active target for antibacterial drugs.
A novel mechanism that allows locusts to switch between green and black colouring in response to different environments may also exist in other species.
The discovery in China of fossil specimens of a flower called Nanjinganthus from the Early Jurassic shakes up widely accepted theories of plant evolution.
