Research led by the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Canada, has found that human cells seem to follow a homeostasis pattern of cell size and count across the entire organism.
Organisms are becoming smaller through a combination of species replacement, and changes within species, according to new research led by the University of St Andrews.
Evolution
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Just published in PeerJ Life & Environment, a new research article by Professor Mark Costello (Nord University) and Doctor Han-Yang Lin (University of Auckland) unveils a comprehensive analysis of the relationships between ...
Plants & Animals
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Regulatory genes—genes that control how other genes are used—are responsible for 69% of the heritability of dairy cattle traits such as milk production and fertility, according to a study published August 23 in the journal ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Almost 66 million years ago, an asteroid struck the Earth, killing all non-avian dinosaurs and allowing mammals to dominate.
Evolution
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International researchers, including Dr. Gabriel Ferreira of the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen, have compiled the most comprehensive data set to date on body ...
Evolution
Aug 8, 2023
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A cheetah pouncing on a gazelle. A bear snatching a fish out of the water with its claws. And the most dangerous predator of them all? A human and their pet bird dancing to Gangnam Style.
Ecology
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Reducing methane emissions from livestock would benefit farmers and the environment. In a first step towards breeding low-methane-emitting cows, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 3, 2023
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Declawing house cats to keep them from scratching people and furniture is controversial—and even banned in some countries and areas in the U.S.—but the practice is not limited to house cats. In a new study, researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2023
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Around 262 million years ago, during the middle Permian Period, a new family of reptiles emerged. Pareiasaurs—meaning "cheek lizards," a reference to the flat flanges of bone that make up their cheeks—had skulls covered ...
Paleontology & Fossils
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