Consider a living cell, which can have thousands of genes. Now think of these genes as dials that can be tweaked to change how the cell grows in a given environment. Tweaking a gene can either increase or decrease growth, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 23, 2023
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While corrosion resistance, durability and low cost make plastic a very efficient resource, one of its major drawbacks is the harm it poses to the environment. According to a report from Greenpeace U.S., 51 million tons of ...
Biochemistry
Nov 7, 2022
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Why do most plants and animals engage in sexual reproduction?
Evolution
Feb 11, 2020
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Scientists in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Biochemistry are watching evolution happen in real time.
Biotechnology
Feb 26, 2019
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An employee of Belozersky Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology (RI PCB), MSU, together with a Russian colleague, analyzed ways of increasing the survivability of RNA-containing viruses as well as the mechanisms ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 27, 2018
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Experimental evolution is a good way to enhance our current understanding of how genomes—or sets of chromosomes in an organism's cells—evolve and the role of individual mutations in adaptation.
Evolution
Mar 26, 2018
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Whether or not society shakes its addiction to oil and gasoline will depend on a number of profound environmental, geopolitical and societal factors.
Biotechnology
Jun 29, 2017
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Sexual reproduction is costly to those organisms that depend on it, like humans. For starters, only half of the population can bear offspring and the other half has to work hard to make sure they're included in the future ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 9, 2013
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(Phys.org) —How do organisms adapt over time? Do they evolve through a series of small beneficial steps as envisioned by Charles Darwin, or through a series of rare but large jumps? Or through a combination of both?
Evolution
Jun 28, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Evolution in very large populations of plants, animals or fungi can be predicted far less easily than one would expect. This has been shown by research at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University ...
Evolution
Jan 9, 2013
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