The Lauraceae is an important basal angiosperm group, widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Beilschmiedia is one of the largest genera in the Lauraceae and has a typical pantropical distribution.
Plants & Animals
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When two animals look the same, eat the same, behave the same way, and live in similar environments, one might expect that they belong to the same species.
Cell & Microbiology
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Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins—and produced a "bizarre" evolutionary pattern for the Homo lineage—according to a new University of Cambridge study that revises the start ...
Evolution
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Dinosaurs get all the glory. But aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern crocodiles, ruled the world before dinosaurs did. These tanks of the Triassic came in a variety of shapes and sizes before going extinct around ...
Paleontology & Fossils
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In cereal and legume crops, the size of the plant organs, particularly seeds, is closely related to final yield. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying organ size control in legumes are still poorly understood.
Molecular & Computational biology
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Artemisia has attracted much attention due to its antimalarial properties and other pharmacological and economic value.
Plants & Animals
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A trio of biologists and environmental scientists, two with the University of Fribourg and the third with the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, has found that fully aquatic mammals, such as whales and porpoises, are very ...
Polygonatum Miller is highly valued for its medicinal properties with the horizontal creeping fleshy roots. Previous studies have mainly focused on the size and gene content of the plastid genome, with insufficient studies ...
Evolution
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Sharks have reputations as "super smellers" that use olfaction to detect odors related to finding prey and mates, communicating with their own species and avoiding predators. Their olfactory system is unique because it is ...
Evolution
Nov 29, 2022
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The most famous fossils from the Cambrian explosion of animal life over half a billion years ago are very unlike their modern counterparts. These "weird wonders," such as the five-eyed Opabinia with its distinctive frontal ...
Evolution
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