An international team of researchers has investigated the question of whether the chemical defenses of plants changes when they have established themselves in new geographical regions.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2024
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Recent advances in metabolomics are improving our understanding of the ecological impacts of plant chemical diversity. However, few studies have examined how phytochemical diversity affects herbivore damage at the community ...
Ecology
Oct 9, 2023
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Discussions at the recent COP15 biodiversity conference in Montréal highlighted once again the impact of human activities on wildlife. Many species are forced to migrate, are seeing their populations declining, or worse, ...
Ecology
Jun 8, 2023
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Meteorite impacts can be cataclysmic events in the history of a planet, melting rock, changing atmospheric chemistry, and wreaking general havoc.
Planetary Sciences
Apr 12, 2023
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The invasive spotted wing drosophila (SWD), introduced from South-East Asia, is a well-known fruit crop pest. It lays its eggs by destroying the mechanical protection of the fruit's skin, providing an entry point for further ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 3, 2022
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A team of researchers with members affiliated with several institutions in Japan has learned more about the process involved in the development of natural symbiotic relationships by engineering an artificial one between E. ...
Genome mining techniques have helped to explain how sea cucumbers produce defensive chemicals that enable them to fend off foes in the murky depths.
Biochemistry
Jun 27, 2022
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A combined defense of different chemical defense substances could result in a negative interaction and mutual detoxification, according to researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in a new study, appearing ...
Ecology
Jun 6, 2022
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A new paper published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, entitled "Taste and Smell: A Unifying Chemosensory Theory," proposes the unification of all chemosensory modalities into a single sense, moving toward an interconnected ...
Biotechnology
May 20, 2022
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Researchers looking to identify some of the most difficult "finds" in archeology—including sites used by nomadic hunter-gatherer communities—are tapping technology to help in the search.
Archaeology
Mar 17, 2022
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