Scientists have cracked the genetic code of sheep to reveal how they became a distinct species from goats around four million years ago. The study is the first to pinpoint the genetic differences that make sheep different ...
Biotechnology
Jun 5, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A new study has found that the most common fish species in Oregon – the speckled dace – is actually at least three separate and distinct species.
Plants & Animals
May 20, 2014
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It is often difficult to decide whether two animals belong to the same or two distinct species. This can be especially challenging for animals which externally look very similar. In a recent study, published in the open access ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2014
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Evolutionary distances that conservationists use to identify and target distinct species may be unreliable, Oxford University research suggests.
Ecology
Mar 11, 2014
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A new study by a Wits University scientist has overturned a long-standing hypothesis about plant speciation (the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution), suggesting that agricultural crops could ...
Ecology
Feb 20, 2014
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A species of humpback dolphin previously unknown to science is swimming in the waters off northern Australia, according to a team of researchers working for the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2013
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South Korean scientists said on Tuesday they had carried out the first DNA analysis of the tiger and four other great felines in a project to help critically-endangered cats to survive.
Biotechnology
Sep 17, 2013
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The tiny diamondback moth (scientific name: Plutella xylostella) gets its common name from the array of diamond shapes along the margin of its forewing. Despite their diminutive size, the caterpillars of the diamondback moth ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2013
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In a pioneer study published in the latest issue of the scientific journal Nature Communications, a research team at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC; Portugal), led by Miguel Godinho Ferreira in collaboration with ...
Biotechnology
Aug 23, 2013
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Scientists have discovered a new species of shark in the ocean off South Carolina and have named it for the region where it was found.
Plants & Animals
Aug 13, 2013
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