The giraffe is a truly puzzling animal. With its exceptional anatomy and suite of evolutionary adaptations, the giraffe is an outstanding case of animal evolution and physiology. Now, an international team of researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 17, 2021
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A Boyce Thompson Institute-led team has identified genes enabling peaches and their wild relatives to tolerate stressful conditions—findings that could help the domesticated peach adapt to climate change.
Ecology
Mar 9, 2021
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The human genome contains roughly three million letters and is distributed over 46 chromosomes. Yet the genetic variation from person to person is very small: the genome sequences of any two people differ from each other ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 4, 2021
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A recent study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), published in the Journal of Proteome Research, has identified multiple mutations and unique proteins in isolates of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 4, 2021
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As climate change takes hold across the Americas, some areas will get wetter, and others will get hotter and drier. A new study of the yellow warbler, a widespread migratory songbird, shows that individuals have the same ...
Ecology
Feb 18, 2021
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The mutually beneficial relationship between legumes and rhizobia, the nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria that make their home in legume root nodules and create nutrient-rich fertilizer for them, is one of the most well-known ...
Evolution
Feb 10, 2021
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The Japanese now have their own reference genome thanks to researchers at Tohoku University who completed and released the first Japanese reference genome (JG1).
Biotechnology
Jan 29, 2021
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The popularity of genetic and ancestry services like Ancestry.com and 23andMe attests that people care about where their ancestors originated. The underlying assumption is that the geography of one's forebears affects one's ...
Evolution
Jan 26, 2021
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Before wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s, they were vaccinated for common diseases and treated for any parasite infections they already carried. As a result, the first few generations ...
Ecology
Jan 26, 2021
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Coffee is one of the world's most popular drinks, but that cup can come with a price of jitters or sleeplessness. The stimulant in coffee—the thing that gives it its kick and can lead to those jitters—is caffeine and ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2021
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