Variety is the spice of life—and key to saving wildlife
In the critical battle against extinction, conservationists use a variety of tactics to try to save species.
Plants & Animals
May 20, 2021
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News tagged with drift
New method preserves viable fruit fly embryos in liquid nitrogen
Cryopreservation, or the long-term storage of biomaterials at ultralow temperatures, has been used across cell types and species. However, until now, the practical cryopreservation of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)—which ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 27, 2021
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Climate has shifted the axis of the Earth
Glacial melting due to global warming is likely the cause of a shift in the movement of the poles that occurred in the 1990s.
Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2021
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Tarantula's ubiquity traced back to the cretaceous
Tarantulas are among the most notorious spiders, due in part to their size, vibrant colors and prevalence throughout the world. But one thing most people don't know is that tarantulas are homebodies. Females and their young ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2021
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Dueling evolutionary forces drive rapid evolution of salamander coloration
Two opposing evolutionary forces explain the presence of the two different colors of spotted salamander egg masses at ponds in Pennsylvania, according to a new study led by a Penn State biologist. Understanding the processes ...
Evolution
Apr 13, 2021
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Supercharge your microscope: Researchers share guide for ultra-precise 3-D imaging
UNSW Sydney researchers have shared step-by-step instructions to empower other scientists to enhance the resolution and stability of single-molecule microscopes.
Optics & Photonics
Dec 3, 2020
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Novel major locus regulates beak evolution of ground tit
Classical quantitative genetics has found that most phenotypes are polygenic traits. Under this polygenic model, natural selection often acts on many loci simultaneously, resulting in the combination of a few loci with major ...
Ecology
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Bacteria overcome hurdles to jump between species
Bacteria can overcome significant challenges to transfer from one species and flourish in another, research has shown.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 28, 2019
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Not just genes: Environment also shaped population variation in first Americans
The first Americans—humans who crossed onto the North American continent and then dispersed throughout Central and South America—all share common ancestry. But as they settled different areas, the populations diverged ...
Evolution
Aug 13, 2019
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The transpolar drift is faltering—sea ice is now melting before it can leave the nursery
The dramatic loss of ice in the Arctic is influencing sea-ice transport across the Arctic Ocean. As experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research report in a new study, today only ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 3, 2019
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