News tagged with cell evolution
For different species, different functions for embryonic microRNAs
(PhysOrg.com) -- When evolution has lucked into efficient solutions for life’s most fundamental problems, it adopts them as invaluable family heirlooms, passing them down as one species evolves into another. ...
May 15, 2009 |
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Discovering the secret code behind photosynthesis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered that an ancient system of communication found in primitive bacteria, may also explain how plants and algae control the process of photosynthesis.
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Move over, sponges: New evidence confirms Placozoans are the closest living surrogate to the ancestor of all animals
A new and comprehensive analysis confirms that the evolutionary relationships among animals are not as simple as previously thought. The traditional idea that animal evolution has followed a trajectory from ...
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Jan 27, 2009 |
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