“Observations indicate that although atrazine does not promote disease in the directly exposed F1 [first] generation, it does have the capacity to promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease in […]
Tag: Evolution
Evolution of a species also involves the bacteria it carries
“a study shows that symbiotic bacteria play a direct role in the evolution of their host, shaping the way it adapts to pathogens.”
Tasmanian devils evolve to resist deadly cancer
“Andrew Storfer, WSU professor of biology, and an international team of scientists discovered that two regions in the genomes of Australia’s iconic marsupials are changing in response to the rapid […]
Some microbes have coevolved with humans for millions of years
“Moeller found that two of three major families of gut bacteria in apes and humans trace their origins to a common ancestor more than 15 million years ago”
Viruses revealed to be a major driver of human evolution
“Their findings suggest an astonishing 30 percent of all protein adaptations since humans’ divergence with chimpanzees have been driven by viruses.”