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Evolution

Ideogram of human chromosomes on top of a software code. Images Wikipedia Commons, Libreshot.
04.02.2019

The hidden information in the human genome: from function to evolution

18.01.2019

A new human ancestor, geckos, obesity and the genetics of risk-taking

Members of the Genomics of Individuality laboratory.
20.06.2018

“Studying the history written in our genes”

Gerard Talavera is a member of the Butterfly Diversity and Evolution Lab at the IBE.
05.05.2018

Gerard Talavera (IBE): “When a species disappears it is like losing a UNESCO heritage artwork”

Nuclearia thermophila feeding on cyanobacteria.
04.04.2018

The other eukaryotes

Escherichia coli is one of the bacteria that form our microbiota, along with Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus.
07.09.2017

A microcosm inside you

Il·lustració de la portada del llibre "La lógica de los monstruos", de Ricard Solé.
15.04.2017

The logic of monsters, a book on the limits of diversity

The group led by Mar Albà is one of the four or five in the world specialising in de novo genes.
18.11.2016

“The emergence of completely new genes surprised many scientists”

19.07.2015

“Not all mutations are bad: they create variety”

Photo by Andreas Gücklhorn on Unsplash
15.02.2015

“Contra Natura”, a book by Arcadi Navarro

Two PhD students, two masters students and one postdoc: the five members of the paleogenomics group led by Carles Lalueza-Fox at the IBE (CSIC-UPF).
06.06.2014

“Those of us who study human evolution have the moral duty to speak about it, to counteract prejudices”

07.05.2014

Sun salutation

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