Birth defects related to chromosomal abnormalities often stem from exposure to chemicals early in the mother's life. But determining which chemicals are at fault poses a serious challenge—akin to solving a hit-and-run case, ...
Ecology
Aug 15, 2023
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Semislugs, or 'snugs' as they are affectionately known among mollusk researchers, are like the squatters of the snail world: they do carry a home on their back but it is too small to live in. Still, it offers a sort of protection, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2023
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Normal breeding experiments can take years to come to fruition
Plants & Animals
Dec 15, 2022
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While a beekeeper puffing clouds of carbon dioxide into a hive to calm the insects is a familiar image to many, less is known about its other effects on bees. A recent study revealed clues about how the chemical compound ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2022
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The evolution of sexual reproduction in living beings is one of the biggest mysteries in biology. There are two known modes of reproduction: asexual, where the organism creates clones of itself, and sexual, where gametes ...
Evolution
Aug 19, 2022
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A new study describes the formation of the body axis in the immortal freshwater polyp Hydra. It is controlled by the so-called Hippo signaling pathway, a molecular biological process that, among other functions, ensures that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 15, 2022
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You might think that Europe is so well studied that no large animals remain undiscovered. Yet today, a new species of giant keelback slug from Montenegro was announced in the open-access Biodiversity Data Journal. The animal, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2022
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The deletion of the Wt1 gene during the early stages of the embryonic reproductive organ formation leads to differences in sex development in adult mice, according to an article published in the journal PLOS Genetics and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 22, 2022
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While Pakistan has managed to confine an outbreak of lumpy skin disease that affects cattle and buffaloes there are fears that cattle fairs ahead of the religious festival Eid-ul-Azha might trigger a second wave.
Veterinary medicine
May 27, 2022
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Male pheromones just might be the fountain of youth for aging female animals' eggs, according to a new Northwestern University study.
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2022
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