Sex-typical behavior of male, female mice guided by differences in brain's gene activity
Male and female mouse brains differ in important ways, according to a new study led by Stanford Medicine investigators.
Male and female mouse brains differ in important ways, according to a new study led by Stanford Medicine investigators.
Plants & Animals
Jan 21, 2022
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Evolutionary interests of males and females do not always coincide. This is known as sexual conflict: male innovations that allow them to reproduce more sometimes hurt females, and vice versa.
Plants & Animals
Nov 3, 2017
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have uncovered a chromosome-wide mechanism that keeps the gene expression of sex chromosomes in balance in our cells. The findings shed light on molecular reasons for early miscarriage ...
Biotechnology
Oct 3, 2019
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Early in mammalian embryonic development, long before the organism's ultimate form has taken shape, a precious subset of its cells are set aside for future use in creating offspring. This task bestows on that subset of cells ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 22, 2019
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Who needs foreplay when you have a cell phone?
Other
Oct 12, 2009
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Female fruit flies can feel when a sexual partner is a good fit. Scientists have long known that proteins in a male fly's ejaculate make female flies temporarily lose interest in other partners. It's a trick male flies use ...
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2019
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It may soon be possible to coax human skin cells into becoming functional eggs and sperm using a technique known as "in vitro gametogenesis." This involves the creation (genesis) of eggs and sperm (gametes) outside the human ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 15, 2023
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Cell biologists led by Thomas Maresca at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with collaborators elsewhere, report an advance in understanding the workings of an error correction mechanism that helps cells detect and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 29, 2015
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The varied sex lives of a type of green algae have enabled a University of Adelaide researcher to test a theory of why there are males and females.
Evolution
Nov 29, 2017
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Micropollutants in water often are hormones that accumulate in the environment and may have negative impacts on humans and animals. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 21, 2022
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