One of the first documents patients sign when starting in vitro fertilization asks them to consider the very end of their ...

Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the genome, researchers have now revealed their crucial role in early embryo development. Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient ...

A team of researchers has answers. Their mathematical model forecasts the ideal body plan of a fruit fly's early embryo, suggesting that evolution might had many optimal options at its disposal.