An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, suggest that inactivation of two specific genes related to the immune system may have conferred selected ...
Evolution
Jun 4, 2012
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Humans aren't the only living beings who find a singing voice attractive in the opposite sex—songbirds do too. For about a third of the approximately 4,000 songbird species that sing only one song, the features that make ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2024
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A new study by University of Alberta researchers shows a link between horn size and female reproductive fitness in bighorn sheep—a potential conservation issue that may stem from trophy hunting of male bighorn sheep with ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2022
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New research might change our answer to the question: what goal are plants and animals adapted to achieve? Natural history documentaries marvel at the design-like features of animals: perfect camouflage, stunning speed, incredibly ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2019
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(Phys.org) —New collaborative research conducted by Macquarie University and the Australian National University on a common Australian lizard, the Eastern Water Skink, has revealed that sexual selection, the process whereby ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2013
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A female great tits' (Parus major) appearance is shown to signal healthy attributes in offspring in a paper in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology. The black stripe across her breast and white patches ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2013
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Breaking up is hard to do—and can be detrimental to one's reproductive fitness, according to a new University of Pennsylvania study.
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2013
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A three-year study of giant pandas published today in Biology of Reproduction's Papers-in-Press reveals that reproductive seasonality exists not only in female pandas, but in male pandas as well.
Plants & Animals
Apr 4, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems in most everything in life there is a tradeoff. If you work more, for example, you’re likely to do better in your career, but, unfortunately, your personal life is likely to suffer. So it seems ...
Monash University researchers supporting Zoos Victoria to breed the Critically Endangered Helmeted Honeyeater with another subspecies to improve genetic health and fitness, have found that the benefits of such genetic mixing ...
Ecology
Aug 9, 2023
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