Sexual reproduction: Sometimes it's just not worth the effort, study finds
Why do most plants and animals engage in sexual reproduction?
Evolution
Feb 11, 2020
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News tagged with beneficial mutations
Radiation-resistant E. coli evolved in the lab give view into DNA repair
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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Scientists explain the survivability of viruses
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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Yeast adaptation study finds diploids evolve more slowly than haploids
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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Solving a sweet problem for renewable biofuels and chemicals
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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Mycobacteria get all the advantages of sex with none of the downsides
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 09, 2013
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Redefining adaptation, the study of how populations grow and survive
(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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Optimal population size allows maximum predictability of evolution
(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 09, 2013
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Manufacturing genes to attack flu virus
An international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics.
Biotechnology
May 27, 2012
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Slow snails, fast genes: Predatory snails refine venoms through continuous gene duplication
(Phys.org) -- When tropical marine cone snails sink their harpoon-like teeth into their prey, they inject paralyzing venoms made from a potent mix of more than 100 different neurotoxins.
Biotechnology
Apr 10, 2012
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