DNA says lemur lookalikes are two new species
Scientists have identified two new species of mouse lemur, the saucer-eyed, teacup-sized primates native to the African island of Madagascar.
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2013
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Genomic data are growing, but what do we really know?
"We live in the post-genomic era, when DNA sequence data is growing exponentially", says Miami University (Ohio) computational biologist Iddo Friedberg. "But for most of the genes that we identify, we have no idea of their ...
Biotechnology
Mar 20, 2013
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DNA study clarifies relationship between polar bears and brown bears
At the end of the last ice age, a population of polar bears was stranded by the receding ice on a few islands in southeastern Alaska. Male brown bears swam across to the islands from the Alaskan mainland and mated with female ...
Biotechnology
Mar 14, 2013
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Updating classifications to reflect monophyly
The move from a "traditional" to a "phylogenetic" classification of grasses (Poaceae) has resulted in 10% of species having their scientific name changed.
Plants & Animals
Mar 6, 2013
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Professor uses evolution, informatics to uncover secrets of the genome
What patterns exist in the evolutionary design of living things? What particular processes produced these patterns? And how might this information be used to untangle the complexities of health and disease, coded in human ...
Evolution
Feb 8, 2013
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Scientists develop Atlantic fish DNA database with possible conservation and seafood fraud implications
Dal's Paul Bentzen and colleagues have developed a publically available DNA database to identify all fish commonly encountered in the ocean off Atlantic Canada. This database could impact ocean conservation, species tracking ...
Ecology
Feb 7, 2013
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No need to prepare: New method to directly sequence small genomes without library preparation
(Phys.org)—For the first time, researchers sequenced DNA molecules without the need for the standard pre-sequencing workflow known as library preparation.
Biotechnology
Dec 11, 2012
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Skeletons in cave reveal Mediterranean secrets
Skeletal remains in an island cave in Favignana, Italy, reveal that modern humans first settled in Sicily around the time of the last ice age and despite living on Mediterranean islands, ate little seafood. The research is ...
Archaeology
Nov 28, 2012
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A rather thin and long new snake crawls out of one of Earth's biodiversity hotspots
Field and laboratory work by a group of zoologists led by Omar Torres-Carvajal from Museo de Zoología QCAZ, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, has resulted in the discovery of a new species of blunt-headed vine ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2012
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When conservation goes genomics: Finding needles in a haystack
Studying the genetic variability of endangered species is becoming increasingly necessary for species conservation and monitoring. But, endangered species are difficult to observe and sample, and typically harbour very limited ...
Ecology
Nov 21, 2012
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