Two tiny mutations in the genome of cattle likely cause some animals to be significantly more susceptible to digital dermatitis, an extremely painful disease that is widespread in cattle kept indoors. The two candidate genes ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 4, 2022
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When female tiger salamanders choose a mate, it turns out that size does matter - tail size that is - and that's not the only factor they weigh.
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2009
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Faculty of 1000, the leading scientific evaluation service, has highlighted research providing evidence for the evolution of a new species.
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2009
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Lacking bones, brains, and even a complete gut, the body plans of simple animals like sea anemones appear to have little in common with humans and their vertebrate kin. Nevertheless, new research from Investigator Matt Gibson, ...
Evolution
Jun 13, 2023
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A team led by Oregon State University scientists has developed a way to potentially thwart the spread of a disease-causing bacterium that harms more than hundred plant species worldwide, an advance that could save the nursery ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2020
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center has pinpointed a single, key gene in a microbe that could help streamline the production of biofuels from non-food sources.
Biotechnology
Aug 15, 2011
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New research has shown that happier orang-utans live longer which may shed light on the evolution of happiness in humans.
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2011
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A Chinese-led team including international researchers, has shed new light on some of the giant panda's unusual biological traits, including its famously restricted diet.
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2010
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By identifying two genes required for transforming inorganic into organic mercury, which is far more toxic, scientists today have taken a significant step toward protecting human health.
Biotechnology
Feb 7, 2013
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Many crop plants worldwide are attacked by a group of fungi that numbers more than 680 different species. After initial invasion, they first grow stealthily inside living plant cells, but then switch to a highly destructive ...
Biotechnology
Aug 12, 2012
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