Convergent evolution—where distinct species independently evolve similar traits or functions, such as the wings of birds and bats—has long fascinated biologists. Now, a research team led by Prof. ZOU Zhengting from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has introduced a deep learning-based method to unravel the complex molecular mechanisms driving this phenomenon.
Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Freie Universität Berlin showed that dance-following bees combine the dance vector with their cognitive memory of landmarks, and the follower bees form an expectation of the landscape features after learning the information of waggle dances.
A reanalysis of a one-million-year-old human skull found in China is challenging the established timeline of human evolution, and suggests a new branch of the human family tree, as well as a possible link to the mysterious Denisovans.
A research team led by Prof. LI Wei from the Institute of Biophysics, together with Prof. CHEN Ping from the Capital Medical University, has, for the first time, uncovered how H3.3 and its Ser31 phosphorylation regulate nucleosome dynamics and transcriptional responses, highlighting the critical role of this mechanism in macrophage immune response pathways.
Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences directly compared how neighbor density influences seedling survival in trees and lianas, and found that lianas experience much stronger conspecific negative density dependence than trees during the early seedling stages.
A research team led by the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has achieved a breakthrough in understanding soil carbon sequestration in tropical forests, revealing for the first time that plant roots are the primary drivers of soil organic carbon accumulation—contributing nearly four times more than extraradical mycorrhizal hyphae.
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