Insect DNA offers tiny clues about animals' changing habitats
The long-term impact of climate change on natural communities of wild animals could be better understood thanks to a new study.
Ecology
Mar 8, 2012
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Life on the edge is dangerous
Intensive farming, sprawling towns, a dense road network – the modern world leaves less and less space for animals and plants. They are forced back into shrinking refuges, which are ever further apart. But not all react ...
Ecology
Oct 20, 2016
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Discovery of a novel gene involved in DNA damage repair and male fertility
A research group from the Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG) at Kumamoto University, Japan has discovered that the gene C19ORF57 plays a critical role in meiosis. The gene appears to be related to the cause ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 4, 2020
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Team develops first genetic switch for C. elegans
With their first ever RNA-based inducible system for switching on genes in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), two researchers from the University of Konstanz have closed a significant gap in genetic switches. ...
Biotechnology
Jan 30, 2019
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Parasite could help to explain the origin of animal multicellularity
Researchers from the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country and CEFAS have discovered a parasite present in seawater and which belongs to a primitive lineage; they have named it Txikispora philomaios. This organism will ...
Evolution
Jan 28, 2022
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Understanding probiotic yeast
Researchers led by Prof. Johan Thevelein (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology) have discovered that Saccharomyces boulardii, a yeast with probiotic properties, produces uniquely excessive amounts of acetic acid, the main ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 30, 2019
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EU lawmakers want full animal cloning ban
EU lawmakers backed calls Tuesday to tighten up a proposed ban on cloning animals for food so as to ensure they never find a place on European farms.
Biotechnology
Sep 8, 2015
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Most Americans accept genetic engineering of animals that benefits human health: study
Americans' views of possible uses of genetic engineering in animals vary depending on the mechanism and intended purpose of the technology, particularly the extent to which it would bring health benefits to humans, according ...
Biotechnology
Aug 16, 2018
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Meet the territorial females and matriarchs in Australia's backyard
Social structure is an important aspect of species' biology. Having a pecking order and male or female territoriality can help species thrive.
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2022
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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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