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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Spines on plants are widely distributed across plant families. The defensive role of spines has previously been associated with leaves, young shoots and reproductive organs. However, the different syndromes of spiny plants ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2022
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Portugal and France has found evidence suggesting that sea slugs that steal photosynthesizing machinery from the algae they eat use it to boost their own reproduction ...
New work from the Kiel Evolution Center suggests that somatic gene variations play a larger role in evolutionary adaptation mechanisms than previously thought.
Evolution
Oct 1, 2021
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Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology and Nanjing University have found that KNUCKLES (KNU), a small multi-functional protein, helps flowers to complete their development correctly and in a timely way. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 30, 2021
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There are huge differences in species numbers among the major branches of the tree of life. Some groups of organisms have many species, while others have few. For example, animals, plants and fungi each have over 100,000 ...
Evolution
Jul 29, 2021
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