The protein that helps the sperm and egg fuse together in sexual reproduction can also fuse regular cells together. Recent findings by a team of biomedical researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Argentina, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 14, 2017
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Sexual reproduction in animals has been recognized since ancient times and used in the breeding of domesticated animals for more than 10,000 years. Humans have depended on domesticated crops for more than 10,000 years as ...
Other
Jan 19, 2017
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The ash dieback fungus could spread more quickly and affect more trees than previously expected, according to research at the University of Exeter.
Ecology
Oct 27, 2016
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Endogenosymbiosis, such as the capacity of "gene carriers" (viruses, retrovirus and bacteriophages) to share parts of their genomes in an endogenous symbiotic relationship with their hosts, was proposed in 2015 by Roberto ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 18, 2016
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A new report into secondary school students' sexual health has found that fifteen percent of students were sent unwanted sexually explicit material.
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2016
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An important feature for life is what embryos receive from mom and dad upon fertilization. Oddly enough, centrioles, the structures responsible for cell division and flagella movement, are given by the paternal gamete. How ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 26, 2016
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In the animal kingdom, sperm usually are considerably smaller than eggs, which means that males can produce far more of them. Large numbers of tiny sperm can increase the probability of successful fertilization, especially ...
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2016
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Sexual reproduction is thought to be essential for mixing up genes and holding your own in the race for survival. A major embarrassment to this theory are microscopic animals called rotifers, one class of which has reproduced ...
Biotechnology
Apr 15, 2016
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Men: if all they do is eat, without an ability to produce babies, what long term benefit are they to society?
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2016
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Published today in Nature Communications, a study by scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) headed by ICREA researcher Angel R. Nebreda has reported that the protein RingoA is a key regulator ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 30, 2016
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