Distribution of microscopic plants and animals in our oceans mimics the distribution pattern of larger land-based plants and animals, research reveals.
Ecology
Sep 24, 2014
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Sugar is a vital source of energy for both plants and animals alike.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 15, 2014
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Sugars are an essential source of energy for microrganisms, animals and humans. They are produced by plants, which convert energy from sunlight into chemical energy in the form of sugars through photosynthesis.
Biotechnology
Sep 3, 2014
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Throughout evolution, living things have repeatedly developed physically distinct sexes, but how does this actually happen? A discovery in the multicellular green alga, Volvox carteri, has revealed the genetic origin of male ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A pair of biological researchers with Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, has found that plants that grow on islands tend to produce bigger seeds than similar plants on the mainland. In their paper ...
For the ancient ancestors of plants and animals, a partnership with other microbes was once formed during an endosymbiotic event to give rise to eukaryotes. Plants and animals, over billions of years of trial and error, made ...
Evolution
Feb 14, 2014
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In most animals, taste has evolved to avoid all things bitter—-a key to survival—- to avoid eating something that could be poisonous via taste receptors, known as Tas2r, that quickly spring into action and elicit the ...
Biotechnology
Nov 18, 2013
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In the race to describe all of Earth's species before they go extinct it has been suggested that one species that is thriving is taxonomists.
Plants & Animals
Sep 25, 2013
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Using new genetic tools, the authors conclude that the first significant expansion of human populations appears to be much older than the emergence of farming and herding, dating back to the Paleolithic (60,000-80,000 years ...
Archaeology
Sep 24, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Researchers at the University of Melbourne have collected critical insights into wildlife species' survival that could help future conservation efforts globally.
Evolution
Sep 24, 2013
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