Inbreeding won't doom the last of the vaquitas, but fishing might: study
Vaquita porpoises are on the edge of extinction, with just 10 left in their sole habitat within Mexico's Gulf of California.
Vaquita porpoises are on the edge of extinction, with just 10 left in their sole habitat within Mexico's Gulf of California.
Plants & Animals
May 8, 2022
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Biobanking and assisted reproduction could become a reality for koalas by leveraging the existing technology used to help humans conceive. A detailed model, published in the international journal Animals, reveals this would ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2022
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An analysis of the genetic material in the ocean has identified thousands of previously unknown RNA viruses and doubled the number of phyla, or biological groups, of viruses thought to exist, according to a new study our ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 8, 2022
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Biomedical engineers at Duke University believe they have discovered the physical mechanism that causes high doses of antibiotics to promote the spread of antibiotic resistance between bacteria.
Evolution
Apr 5, 2022
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Suppose that we could watch twenty generations of whales or sharks adapting to climate change—measuring how they evolve and how their biology changes as temperatures and carbon dioxide levels rise. That could tell us a ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2022
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Soft and immobile, sea sponges may appear inert, but these simple animals are rich with chemistry. From them, scientists have uncovered plenty of biologically active compounds, some of which have gone on to become medications. ...
Biochemistry
Mar 20, 2022
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Utilizing an innovative experimental model incorporating 240,000 strains of brewer's yeast descended from two common "parents," USC and Stanford University researchers published a new study providing insight into the genetic ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 18, 2022
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New research from the University of Georgia has determined when pollen comes of age and begins expressing its own genome, a major life cycle transition in plants.
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the significant impact of emerging variants have shown the importance of understanding viruses in as much detail as possible.
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Stirling have found that animals in lakes closest to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor have more genetic mutations than those from further away, giving new insight into the effect of radiation ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2022
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