New mechanism discovered in meiosis
Inactivated, but still active– how modification of an enzyme governs critical processes in sexual reproduction.
Cell & Microbiology
May 3, 2013
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Blue tits provide insight into climate change
(Phys.org) —Researchers believe that the size of birds' nests created in response to changing weather patterns may be partly to blame for reproductive failures over the last two years.
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 2013
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Spinning-disk microscope offers window into the center of a cell
A new method of imaging cells is allowing scientists to see tiny structures inside the 'control centre' of the cell for the first time.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 9, 2013
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Gene linked to evolution of limb development identified
University of Kentucky College of Medicine researchers were part of a new study that gives insight into how limb development evolved in vertebrates.
Evolution
Oct 5, 2021
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New three-fingered frog discovered in southern Brazil
On a trek across this Atlantic rainforest reserve in southern Brazil, biologist Michel Garey recalled how on his birthday in 2007 he chanced upon what turned out to be a new species of tiny, three-fingered frogs.
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2012
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Cheating—and getting away with it: Gene allows amoebae to pass on more than their fair share of their genes
We would all like to believe that there is a kind of karma in life that guarantees those who cheat eventually pay for their bad behavior, if not immediately, then somewhere down the line. But a study of a new gene in the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 11, 2013
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Bioengineered marine algae expands environments where biofuels can be produced
(Phys.org)—Biologists at UC San Diego have demonstrated for the first time that marine algae can be just as capable as fresh water algae in producing biofuels.
Biotechnology
Nov 26, 2012
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While species come and go, their ecosystems persist over millions of years
Mammal communities underwent long periods of so-called functional stability despite the waxing and waning of their constituent species over tens of millions of years, even persisting through several environmental crises. ...
Evolution
Apr 15, 2021
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Untangling the tree of life
These days, phylogeneticists – experts who painstakingly map the complex branches of the tree of life – suffer from an embarrassment of riches. The genomics revolution has given them mountains of DNA data that they can ...
Evolution
May 15, 2013
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Biologists remove dead conjoined twin from endangered turtle
Marine biologists in southern Italy have separated conjoined twin loggerhead turtles and released the surviving newborn into the Mediterranean Sea.
Plants & Animals
Aug 18, 2016
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