How plant stem cells guard against genetic damage
Scientists have shown how plants can protect themselves against genetic damage caused by environmental stresses.
Cell & Microbiology
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Local citizen scientists map genetics of Darwin's Galapagos
Five months into the pandemic, things were getting desperate for Robin Betancourt, The tourists he depended upon as a boat captain were unable to visit the Galapagos Islands, whose isolation—1,000 kilometers (600 miles) ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2021
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Cattle losing adaptations to environmental stressors, researchers find
As a fourth-generation cattle farmer, Jared Decker knows that cattle suffer from health and productivity issues when they are taken from one environment—which the herd has spent generations adapting to—to a place with ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 22, 2021
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Pig genes in pig-boar hybrids in Fukushima exclusion zone found to be diminishing
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Japan, and one in Norway has found evidence that suggests domesticated pig genes in pig-boar hybrids living in the Fukushima exclusion zone are diminishing. In ...
Scientists resurrect 'forgotten' genus of algae living in marine animals
In the late 1800s, scientists were stumped by the "yellow cells" they were observing within the tissues of certain temperate marine animals, including sea anemones, corals and jellyfish. Were these cells part of the animal ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2021
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Choosy female fruit flies reproduce anyway
Choosiness will lead to the best offspring. Being too choosy, however, could in the end result in no offspring at all. Female fruit flies have a solution to this dilemma.
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2021
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'Space pups': Mouse sperm stored on ISS produces healthy young
Turns out the comic books were wrong.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 12, 2021
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Study takes genes-first approach to mapping livestock diseases
Genetic disorders compromise the welfare of farm animals and have impacts on the production and management of these animals. One such way of reducing this risk is to map the genes responsible for different syndromes. However, ...
Biotechnology
May 28, 2021
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Incest isn't a taboo in the animal kingdom, new study shows
We humans tend to regard incest as deeply disturbing. It's a strong social taboo, and it's underpinned by sound biological reasoning. Mixing genes with a non-relative is beneficial because it increases genetic diversity, ...
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2021
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How we created the 'perfect storm' for pandemics
The way that many of us live has created the "perfect storm" for the evolution and transmission of infectious diseases like COVID-19 according to a researcher at the University of East Anglia.
Ecology
May 6, 2021
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