A study reveals the dietary practices of the agropastoral communities of the northeast Iberian Peninsula

by CENIEH - Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana

The CENIEH leads this multidisciplinary study which analyzed the teeth of 84 adult individuals found at eight sites in the Iberian Peninsula, belonging to the earliest groups of pastors and farmers

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Network models are used to investigate the relationship between skull and brain

by CENIEH - Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana

The CENIEH Paleoneurobiology Group uses these models because they enable elucidating where the skull molds the brain and where the brain molds the skull, from both the evolutionary and developmental p...

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Una nueva técnica de microtomografía computarizada utiliza los dientes para desvelar secretos óseos

by CENIEH - Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana

El CENIEH lidera un estudio que propone un nuevo método para calibrar las exploraciones con microtomografía computarizada (MicroCT) utilizando tejido dental, que permitirá analizar la patología ó...

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Genome sequencing of the Bilby paves new ways for species conservation

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

The data has allowed researchers to create a tool for a faster and more efficient assessment of the natural populations of the extant species so as to prevent its extinction.

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Fossils of ancient chromosomes discovered

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

A team led by scientists from Baylor College of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, and Centre Nacional d’Anàlisi Genòmica and Centre for Genomic Regulation report discovering fossils of ancient ...

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Back to the past to understand the present of plant antiviral immunity

by CRAG

Researchers from CRAG have discovered that Marchantia polymorpha, one of the oldest land plants, employs RNA silencing as a defense mechanism against viral infections.

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Turtle genome provides new clues on the evolution of vertebrates

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

The results will contribute to the development of more effective turtle conservation strategies, and to the study of the evolution of the genome and chromosomal organisation of vertebrates.

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Less, but more: a new evolutionary scenario marked by massive gene loss and expansion

by Universitat de Barcelona

The explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more frequent process in the evolution of species than previously thought, and may favour new biological adaptations ...

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CNAG reconstructs 6 million years of human evolution with the first atlas of cellular adaptation of the immune system

by Parc Científic de Barcelona

The research shows that among the most adapted immune cells we find those that reside in tissues located in the first line of defense against infections. This is the case in the lung, which is the gat...

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Study reveals how tiny changes in gene expression can lead to big differences in eye size

by Universitat de Barcelona

The team found that a slight change in the expression phase of a gene called orthodenticle (otd) can cause a significant difference in the size of the ommatidia, individual hexagonal-shaped units that...

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Comb jellies reveal ancient origins of animal genome regulation

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

A new study published today in Nature by researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Centre Nacional d’Anàlisi Genòmica (CNAG) finds that the ability to control genes from far a...

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Less is more: gene loss drives adaptive evolution of a pandemic bacteria

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Researchers discovered that losing genes rather than gaining them can favor the expansion of a bacteria present in the ocean that causes serious infectious disease outbreaks in many countries. The stu...

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