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This study makes the fundamental discovery of the first natural animal rhodopsin that uses a chloride ion instead of an amino acid side chain as a counterion. Using a combination of biochemical and ...

Morphogenesis is the process by which an organism, tissue or organ develops its shape. Morphogenesis is driven by various cellular and developmental processes including cell proliferation ...

The Last Interglacial interval (128 to 116 ka) is a remarkable deep-time analog for temperature and sea-level conditions as projected for 2100, that had not been documented in the equatorial Atlantic ...

As with so many findings, the so-called 'immortal jellyfish' was discovered by accident. During a visit to my laboratory in the 1980s, a German student, Christian Sommer, and my very first student, ...