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Introduction

A bit of Biology

Evolution is the source of this diversity: all species are related, to varying degrees. Within each species, individuals evolve over generations through random changes in their DNA.

How are proteins, these incredible little machines essential to the proper functioning of all organisms, made? What is the link between DNA, genes, proteins and evolution

A bit of Evolution

What is a tree of life? What is a mutation? What is natural selection? How to build a tree of life with molecular data? What are ‘orthologs’?

“All species have common ancestors and evolve by natural selection”. This is the theory proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859 in his book “On the Origin of Species”.

A bit of Bioinformatics

What is bioinformatics? How to sequence and annotate a genome? How to predict genes? How to find orthologs?

The challenges of building a tree of life with molecular data are multiple: among other things, it is necessary to have data that are comparable, such as sets of orthologous protein sequences.

10 to 100 million species live on earth. 

10 to 100 million species live on earth. 

10 to 100 million species live on earth. 

10 to 100 million species live on earth. 

10 to 100 million species live on earth. 

10 to 100 million species live on earth. 

10 to 100 million species live on earth. 

10 to 100 million species live on earth. 

Stories

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IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Blue or brown eyes? More or less fan of coriander? Blood type A or AB? We’re all different, and the genetic basis of this individuality lies at the heart of our chromosomes, at the heart of our DNA.

Story ➜Your turn to play ➜
Computer search dna

Hunt for variants

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Omicron?

Discover SARS-CoV-2, its variants and their impact on the pandemic

Covid-19 Let's go

Banana Split

What percent banana are you?

Did you know we share about 98% of our genes with chimpanzees?

Banana Split Let's go!

Chickenosaurus

Did you know?

Dinosaurs haven’t all disappeared. Really?

Chickenosaurus Let's go!

Ancient Greek mysteries

What does their DNA tell us?

Who were their ancestors and what did they look like?

Ancient Greek Mysteries Let's go!

Cancer (r)evolution

A story of mutations.

Fighting cancer means fighting evolution… a (r)evolution?

Cancer (r)evolution Let's go!

The Gift of Genes

Did Archaea give us sex?

Horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of sexual reproduction.

Gift of Genes Let's go!