University of Kentucky College of Medicine researchers were part of a new study that gives insight into how limb development evolved in vertebrates.
Evolution
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Microorganisms can increase their host's ability to adapt to the environment and reproduce—evolutionary biologists are now studying the underlying molecular mechanisms. A research team headed by Dr. Fabian Staubach and ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 27, 2021
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A new study from the Kalahari Desert finds that teamwork allows birds to cope with brutally unpredictable environments.
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2021
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A University of Otago study has revealed new evidence of rapid evolution in New Zealand's native insect species in response to increased exposure to wind from the loss of shelter due to deforestation.
Evolution
Aug 12, 2021
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Many commonly-eaten fish could face extinction as warming oceans due to climate change increases pressure on their survival while also hampering their ability to adapt.
Ecology
Aug 10, 2021
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Butterflies and moths have beautiful wings: The bright flare of an orange monarch, the vivid stripes of a swallowtail, the luminous green of a Luna moth. But some butterflies flutter on even more dramatic wings: Parts of ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 12, 2021
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A surprising study on the behavior of unrelated lizards demonstrates how evolution can lead to different species learning the same skills.
Evolution
Jul 2, 2021
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A few males are enough to fertilize all the females. The number of males therefore has little bearing on a population's growth. However, they are important for purging bad mutations from the population. This is shown by a ...
Evolution
Jun 28, 2021
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Sour taste does not have the nearly universal appeal that sweet taste does. Slightly sour foods or drinks such as yogurt and lemon juice are yummy to many, but such highly sour foods as spoiled milk are yucky, even dangerous. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 18, 2021
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As dinosaurs lumbered through the humid cycad forests of ancient South America 180 million years ago, primeval lizards scurried, unnoticed, beneath their feet. Perhaps to avoid being trampled by their giant kin, some of these ...
Evolution
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