In animals, releasing eggs in a timely manner is vital to maximize the chances of successful fertilization.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 3, 2020
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Scientists have developed a way to image sexual reproduction in living flowers, according to a study published today in the open-access journal eLife.
Ecology
Feb 11, 2020
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Why do most plants and animals engage in sexual reproduction?
Evolution
Feb 11, 2020
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Researchers from McMaster University have discovered striking variation in the underlying genetic machinery that orchestrates sexual differentiation in frogs, demonstrating that evolution of this crucial biological system ...
Evolution
Nov 19, 2019
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In species with sexual reproduction, no two individuals are alike, and scientists have long struggled to understand why there is so much genetic variation. In a new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, a team of ...
Evolution
Nov 18, 2019
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Tricking fungi into thinking they're starving could be the key to slowing down our evolutionary arms race with fungal pathogens, as hungry fungi don't want to have sex.
Ecology
Oct 28, 2019
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Few topics arouse as much interest and controversy as sex. This is hardly surprising. The biological continuance of the species hinges on it—if human beings stopped having sex, there would soon be no more human beings. ...
Evolution
Oct 22, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Illinois have shown through a multi-year study that cowbirds (Molothrus ater) conform to Bateman's Principle, which holds that reproductive success is greater in males than in females when ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2019
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Yes, they have stinging tentacles. No, they won't sting you—unless you're a tasty-looking zooplankton.
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2019
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Massey University researchers have discovered more about the sexual lives of stick insects in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2019
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