If female butterflies are programmed to identify males of their species by the patterns of spots on their wings, how can new wing patterns evolve in males?Yale scientists have discovered that female butterflies can be taught to prefer mates with more...
The most common lineages of fish found today in oceans, lakes, and rivers evolved about the same time as mammals and birds, a new Yale University-led study shows.A genetic analysis by Yale researchers show that the earliest ray-finned fishes called...
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project is the effort of hundreds of scientists to describe the workings of the human genome. Their research, outlined in 30 papers published in multiple journals Sept. 5, has confirmed our genome is far more...
Yale’s Joan Steitz has been awarded two major prizes recognizing the outstanding achievements of women scientists.Joan SteitzSteitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, was...