Genomes uncover life's early history
A University of Manchester scientist is part of a team which has carried out one of the biggest ever analyses of genomes on life of all forms.
A University of Manchester scientist is part of a team which has carried out one of the biggest ever analyses of genomes on life of all forms.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 24, 2015
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Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Richmond researchers recently teamed up to explore the inner workings of cells and shed light on the 400–600 million years of evolution between humans and early animals ...
Biochemistry
Jul 27, 2015
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Crop rotation has been used since Roman times to improve plant nutrition and to control the spread of disease. A new study to be published in Nature's 'The ISME Journal' reveals the profound effect it has on enriching soil ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 18, 2013
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Many of the world's most important photosynthetic eukaryotes such as plants got their light-harnessing organelles (chloroplasts) indirectly from other organisms through endosymbiosis. In some instances, this resulted in algae ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 28, 2012
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A little less than 2 billion years ago, metals including copper, molybdenum and zinc became available to primitive cells, at the same time that the cells began to become much more complex. Scientists indicate that they have ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Harris Bernstein and Carol Bernstein have proposed a new theory on the billion-year-old mystery of sexual reproduction evolution.
Evolution
Jul 8, 2010
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The discovery in Gabon of more than 250 fossils in an excellent state of conservation has provided proof, for the first time, of the existence of multicellular organisms 2.1 billion years ago. This finding represents a major ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2010
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Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research organization, published results today describing new methods in which the entire bacterial genome from Mycoplasma mycoides was cloned ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 24, 2009
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In microbiology, microorganisms may be named after well-known scientific personalities to honor them. Such eponyms are common in the natural sciences, such as pasteurization (after the microbiologist Louis Pasteur).
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2023
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Tomsk State University microbiologists were the first in the world to isolate Desulforudis audaxviator from deep underground waters. Translated from Latin, its name means "a brave traveler". Scientists from different countries ...
Evolution
Apr 23, 2019
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