The adaptations of organisms allow them to thrive in different habitats, including extreme environments. Evolution explains how better adapted organisms have an advantage and are more likely to ...

The phrase "survival of the fittest" functions principally in evolutionary theory to describe the biological concept of ...

describe adaptations of sea stars ... Sea stars eat a variety of organisms, including mussels, clams, snails, barnacles and even other sea stars. The mouth of a sea star is located in the middle ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion ...

Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) and the Institute of Oceanology, both ...

Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of adaptation of organisms to the marine environment. Special emphasis is on biological responses to temperature, salinity, carbon dioxide, pH and bicarbonate ...

The process carries on generation after generation.” An adaptation is a physical or behavioural characteristic that helps an organism to survive in its environment. But not all characteristics of an ...

I like to argue that adaptation is the engine that drives Mother Nature. In biology, adaptation is broken down into three different aspects. The first of the tri-aspects is that natural selection ...

Our high-standard international research groups investigate developmental regulation and cell signalling in plants and animals, the adaptation of organisms to stress and its effect on the survival of ...

A recent study at Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo has developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy—organisms carrying extra genome ...