News tagged with sexual cycle

Yeast missing sex genes undergo unexpected sexual reproduction

An emerging form of the pathogenic yeast Candida is able to complete a full sexual cycle in a test tube, even though it's missing the genes for reproduction. And it may also do so while infecting us, according to Duke Univer ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Coral embryos clone themselves

Forming a unique part of the animal kingdom, corals have built the only living entity visible from space; the Great Barrier Reef. Scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have recently ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Crucial sex hormones re-routed by missing molecule

A hormone responsible for the onset of puberty can end up stuck in the wrong part of the body if the nerve pathways responsible for its transport to the brain fail to develop properly, according to research funded by the ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Linking microbial sex and virulence

Two opportunistic pathogens that were once thought to be very different have evolved some sexual reproduction and disease-causing habits that are not only similar but also suggest that in the microbial world sex and virulence ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Morning After Pill' Works up to 5 Days After Sex

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the United States and Europe has published new evidence supporting the use of ulipristal acetate as an effective alternative to levonorgestrel (marketed as Plan BŪ) for emergency ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2