Scientists have uncovered an unexpected genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones first emerged and became so diverse.
New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered that vertebrates make higher numbers of different forms of ...
The film discusses the characteristics and classifications of chordates, a group of animals that includes vertebrates and some simpler forms. Key features of chordates include a pharyngeal breathing ...
New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a spine - ...
Scientists have long puzzled over the gap in the fossil record that would explain the evolution of invertebrates to vertebrates. Vertebrates, including fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, ...
Charles Darwin proposed that evolution is driven by gradual variations in organisms that have a survival advantage in a changing environment. But University of Maryland evolutionary biologist Karen ...
The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously thought, but also in echinoderms (invertebrates). This is one of the most ...