Researchers at the RIKEN Evolutionary Morphology laboratory and other institutions in Japan have shown that complex divisions in the vertebrate brain first appeared before the evolution of jaws, more than 500 million years ...
Archaeology
Feb 15, 2016
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In addition to providing fundamental insights into the early evolution of the estrogen receptor, research by a team at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine may lead to a contraceptive ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 25, 2009
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University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have identified what they think is the ancestral trait that allowed for the evolution of air breathing in vertebrates. They will present their research at the 42nd annual meeting ...
Evolution
Oct 16, 2012
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Bile salts scream seduction – for sea lampreys, that is. New research at Michigan State University shows that bile salts, secreted from the liver and traditionally associated with digestive functions, are being used as ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2013
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Newly published research from MSU scientists details the reproductive response of two types of Michigan lake trout found in Lake Superior—siscowets and leans—to sea lamprey parasitism, and the results coincide with a ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2022
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An aphrodisiac pheromone discovered in the semen of sea lampreys attracts ready-to-mate females, according to a study publishing July 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Anne M. Scott of Michigan State University, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 9, 2019
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Already ravaged by toxic algae, invasive mussels and industrial pollution, North America's Great Lakes now confront another potential threat that few had even imagined until recently: untold millions of plastic litter bits, ...
Environment
Jul 30, 2013
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Keratin 'teeth' belonging to the gruesome lamprey fish have been identified in London's archaeological record for the first time. The exceptionally rare discovery was made by Alan Pipe Senior Archaeozoologist at MOLA (Museum ...
Archaeology
Oct 30, 2018
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Few people devote time to pondering the ancient origins of the eel-like lamprey, yet the evolutionary saga of the bloodsucker holds essential clues to the biological roots of humanity.
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 14, 2014
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After Brian Griffin pulls his boat out of West Loon Lake, a couple of weeds dangle from his trailer and propeller.
Ecology
Jul 9, 2012
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