For about 100 million years, grass smut fungi have been breeding in a three-gender system. This was discovered by Dr. Ronny Kellner and professor Dr. Dominik Begerow of the RUB Geobotany Laboratory in cooperation with colleagues ...
Biotechnology
Jan 17, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hybrid black tip shark containing both Common and Australian black tip DNA.
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2011
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If you were to look at a carbon nanotube with the naked eye you wouldn't see much more than black powder, but now a team of EU-funded scientists has developed a novel way of making these multi-purpose nanotechnology building ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 11, 2011
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Species pairs that disappear through hybridization after human-induced changes to the environment can reemerge if the disturbance is removed, according to a new mathematical model that shows the conditions under which reemergence ...
Evolution
May 20, 2011
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Hybrid plants with multiple genome copies show evidence of preferential treatment of the genes from one ancient parent over the genes of the other parent, even to the point where some of the unfavored genes eventually are ...
Biotechnology
Mar 9, 2011
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University of Illinois research has resulted in the development of a novel and widely applicable molecular tool that can serve as a road map for making plant breeding easier to understand. Researchers developed a unified ...
Biotechnology
Jan 4, 2011
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In the minds of many, Miscanthus x giganteus is the forerunner in the race of viable feedstock options for lignocellulosic bioenergy production. But researchers believe "putting all their eggs in one basket" could be a big ...
Biotechnology
Dec 21, 2010
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They are Angola's national symbol and the nickname for the country's football team -- yet fewer than 100 are believed still alive.
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies suggest a 20 foot snake, the African rock python, is making its home in Florida and could soon invade the Everglades National Park.
A gene that helped one species split into two species shows evidence of adapting much faster than other genes in the genome, raising questions about what is driving its rapid evolution.
Feb 5, 2009
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