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How the lizard gets its pattern
26 Apr 2021

How the lizard gets its pattern

LANE lab's 3D numerical simulations of the ocellated lizard skin colour patterning are published today in Nature Communications.
24 Mar 2021

Scaled, armoured or naked: how does the skin of fish evolve?

Montoya's lab has traced the family tree of ray-finned fish in order to reconstruct the evolution of the protective structures of their skin.
24 Feb 2021

The snake in the white suit

Michel Milinkovitch-Tzika Lab sequences the Texas Rat Snake genome and suggest that a regulatory mutation of MITF causes the leucistic phenotype.
14 Jan 2021

The wings of a “genetic bird” protect us against viruses

Alicia Sanchez-Mazas team has demonstrated that every population can protect itself against a broad range of viruses thanks to the two most diverse HLA immune genes in humans.
04 Dec 2020

African trade routes sketched out by mediaeval beads

An analysis of archaeological glass beads discovered in sub-Saharan West Africa brings to light the full extent of the region’s international trade routes between the 7th and 13th centuries.
Snakes reveal the origin of skin colours
06 Oct 2020

Snakes reveal the origin of skin colours

A mutation of the lavender variant of corn snake allows the Milinkovitch lab to understand the mechanisms responsible for the extraordinary variety of skin colours in vertebrates.
29 Sep 2020

Wildcats threatened by their domestic cousins

Wildcats in the Swiss Jura will undergo an irreversible genetic replacement by domestic cats if no preventive measures are taken.
Hoxb13 in mouse tail allometry
31 Aug 2020

Hoxb13 in mouse tail allometry

Jozsef Zakany will host a last seminar before his retirement on September 24 at 4 pm in the A300 audience (Sciences II).
National Geographic Readers: Animals That Change Color
27 Apr 2020

National Geographic Readers: Animals That Change Color

Michel Milinkovitch served as the scientific advisor for the content of the issue ‘Animals That Change Colors’ of the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS magazine.
24 Mar 2020

PhD School of Life Sciences

Call for applications to the PhD School of Life Sciences. Application deadline: Apr 15th, 2020
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