Have model organisms evolved too far?
A model organism used in laboratories for the past 100 years has evolved so extensively that it may no longer be fit for purpose.
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How species partnerships evolve to become specific or general, cooperative or antagonistic
Symbiotic relationships are everywhere in nature. In the soil, for example, mycorrhizal fungi enhance water and nutrient absorption for plants while feeding on sugars their roots release. In another classic mutualism, ants ...
Evolution
Feb 2, 2023
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Researchers decipher the inner workings of A. aromaticum bacterium
The metabolism of a key environmental microbe has been elucidated in detail by a team led by researchers at the University of Oldenburg. This holistic understanding allows reliable prediction of the growth of the microbes. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 26, 2023
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Chatterboxes: Researchers develop new model that shows how bacteria communicate
When bacteria interact, they give off cellular signals that can trigger a response in their neighbors, causing them to behave in different ways or produce different substances. For example, they can communicate to coordinate ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 26, 2023
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Boosting efficiency of genome editing procedures to modify initially inaccessible DNA sequences
In the course of optimizing key procedures of genome editing, researchers from the department of Developmental Biology / Physiology at the Center for Organismal Studies of Heidelberg University have succeeded in substantially ...
Biotechnology
Jan 24, 2023
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Sixteen US cities in National Cardiff Violence Prevention Network
Sixteen cities across the U.S. are supporting the implementation of a UK model for tackling violence.
Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2023
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Physicists find that organelles grow in random bursts
Eukaryotic cells—the ones that make up most life as we know it, including all animals, plants and fungi—are highly structured objects.
General Physics
Jan 6, 2023
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Deep learning tool's 'computational microscope' predicts protein interactions, potential paths to new antibiotics
Though it is a cornerstone of virtually every process that occurs in living organisms, the proper folding and transport of biological proteins is a notoriously difficult and time-consuming process to experimentally study.
Biotechnology
Jan 5, 2023
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Exercise curbs insulin production in fruit flies
Insulin is an essential hormone for humans and many other living creatures. Its best-known task is to regulate sugar metabolism. How it does this job is well understood. Much less is known about how the activity of insulin-producing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 4, 2023
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A checkerboard pattern of inner ear cells enables us to hear
A Japanese research group has become the first to reveal that the checkerboard-like arrangement of cells in the inner ear's organ of Corti is vital for hearing. The discovery gives new insight into how hearing works from ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 27, 2022
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