News tagged with high fertility

Changing climate can affect fish fertility

(Phys.org) -- Warmer water temperatures can greatly increase the reproductive capacity of the widely distributed pest fish species gambusia, or mosquito fish, a new study has found.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The machinery for recombination is part of the chromosome structure

During the development of gametes, such as egg and sperm cells in humans, chromosomes are broken and rearranged at many positions. Using state of the art technology, the research group of Franz Klein, professor for genetics ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Model predicts 'religiosity gene' will dominate society

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past 20 years, the Amish population in the US has doubled, increasing from 123,000 in 1991 to 249,000 in 2010. The huge growth stems almost entirely from the religious culture’s ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (91) | comments 153 | with audio podcast feature

Contact with dads drops when women ovulate

(PhysOrg.com) -- Through an innovative use of cell phone records, researchers at UCLA, the University of Miami and Cal State, Fullerton, have found that women appear to avoid contact with their fathers during ovulation.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Link found between arsenic in drinking water and strokes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in Michigan in the U.S. suggests the presence of moderate levels of arsenic in drinking water could increase the risk of strokes.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Baby at the buzzer: Older couples race against their biological clocks to start families

Kim Harper started a career before starting a family. After graduating from Michigan State University in 1990, she traveled, earned a law degree and began working as an attorney. When Harper married in 2006, she and her husband, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0