In a new study led by the laboratories of Prof. Prashant Sharma of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Dr. Efrat Gavish-Regev of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a team of researchers has uncovered the mysteries surrounding ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2023
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As life expectancy increases worldwide, age-associated diseases such as osteoporosis are having an increasing impact.
Biochemistry
Jul 19, 2023
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Cotton is the primary source of natural fiber on Earth, yet only four of 50 known species are suitable for textile production. Computer scientists at DePaul University applied a bioinformatics workflow to reconstruct one ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 22, 2023
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Antibiotics affect the composition and dynamics of the gut microbiome. Treatment with antibiotics not only leads to a loss of biodiversity of microorganisms, but also often favors the selection of resistant strains of bacteria. ...
Evolution
Jun 6, 2023
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A new investigation led by Tomàs Marquès-Bonet, an ICREA researcher at the IBE (CSIC-UPF) and a professor of Genetics at the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Kyle Farh (Illumina), ...
Evolution
Jun 1, 2023
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Collective behaviors are present across many different animal groups: schools of fish swimming in a swirling pattern together, large flocks of birds migrating through the night, groups of bees coordinating their behavior ...
Ecology
Jun 1, 2023
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Chinese scientists have identified a key gene involved in crop alkaline tolerance that may greatly improve crop yield in sodic environments through the use of genetic engineering.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 23, 2023
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Biological functions, resource availability, and evolutionary processes often play a key role in determining the expression of genetic traits and their correlations. In fact, several plant traits are commonly correlated due ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 6, 2023
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Africa, where humans first evolved, today remains a place of remarkable diversity. Diving into that variation, a new analysis of 180 Indigenous Africans from a dozen ethnically, culturally, geographically, and linguistically ...
Evolution
Mar 2, 2023
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Brown bears are among the largest land-dwelling carnivores in the world. They are characterized by a muscular hump over their shoulders, which gives their front legs additional strength. All ten or so brown bear subspecies ...
Ecology
Feb 21, 2023
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