A new study of the ecology of an enigmatic group of novel unicellular organisms by scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich supports the idea hydrogen played an important role in the evolution of Eukaryota, ...
Evolution
Dec 27, 2019
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An international group of geneticists and archaeologists, led by the Francis Crick Institute, have found that the ancestry of dogs can be traced to at least two populations of ancient wolves. The work moves us a step closer ...
Evolution
Jun 29, 2022
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An international team of scientists has for the first time performed an analysis of the complete genome of the population of North Africa. They have identified a small genetic imprint of the inhabitants of the region in Palaeolithic ...
Archaeology
Nov 6, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to genetic data gleaned from the bones found in a several museum collections, an international team of researchers led by scientists from Yale believes it may be possible to resurrect a tortoise species ...
Biotechnology
Jan 18, 2010
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A hardware accelerator initially developed for artificial intelligence operations successfully speeds up the alignment of protein and DNA molecules, making the process up to 10 times faster than state-of-the-art methods.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 1, 2023
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A simple statistical test shows that contrary to current practice, the "gaps" within DNA protein and sequence alignments commonly used in evolutionary biology can provide important information about nucleotide and amino acid ...
Evolution
Aug 16, 2022
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Tardigrades, also known as moss piglets or water bears, are eight-legged microscopic animals that have long fascinated scientists for their ability to survive extremes of temperature, pressure, lack of oxygen, and even radiation ...
Biotechnology
Mar 28, 2016
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Researchers recently discovered what was thought to be a distinct species of butterfly is actually the female of a species known to science for more than a century.
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2017
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For the function of many biomolecules, their three-dimensional structure is crucial. Researchers are therefore not only interested in the sequence of the individual building blocks of biomolecules, but also in their spatial ...
Biotechnology
Jul 8, 2022
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For several years, researchers have been trying to use computational methods for exact string matching, which entails identifying repeating patterns in long strings of text or digits. This is because tools that can automatically ...
