Virgin births may be common among snakes
A new review provides intriguing insights on parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, in snakes.
Plants & Animals
Jan 4, 2016
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B10KâToward decoding all bird genomes
The Avian Phylogenomics Consortium formally announces the launch of the Bird 10,000 genomes (B10K) project, an initiative to generate representative draft genome sequences from all extant bird species within the next five ...
Biotechnology
Jun 4, 2015
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Evolutionary novelties in vision
A new study from SciLifeLab at Uppsala University published in PLOS ONE shows that genes crucial for vision were multiplied in the early stages of vertebrate evolution and acquired distinct functions leading to the sophisticated ...
Biotechnology
Mar 27, 2015
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New knowledge about host-virus coevolution unmasked from the genomic record
Retroviruses are important pathogens, which have attacked vertebrate hosts for millions of years. Researchers from Uppsala University and Lund University, now provide new knowledge about the long-term interactions of retroviruses ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 22, 2014
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Study finds new links between number of duplicated genes and adaptation
Liken it to a case of where two genes are better than one. Scientists have found a class of genes, called small-scale duplication genes, or SSDs, that are important for adapting to novel environments and surviving environmental ...
Biotechnology
Apr 15, 2014
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Prequel outshines the original: Exceptional fossils of 160 million year old doahugou biota
A new paper published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology shows that several Jurassic sites are linked together by shared species and can be recognized as representing a single fossil fauna and flora, containing superbly ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 4, 2014
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Extraordinary 'missing link' fossil fish found in China
A spectacular new "missing link" fossil has been unearthed in China. The 419 million year old armoured fish, called Entelognathus, meaning "complete jaw" solves an age-old debate in science. For palaeontologists this fish ...
Archaeology
Sep 26, 2013
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Fish fossil yields jaw-dropping data on Man's past
The ancestor of all creatures with jaws and a backbone was not a sleek, shark-like beast but a toothless, armoured fish, said a study Wednesday that rewrites Man's evolutionary history.
Archaeology
Sep 25, 2013
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Exploring dental enamel thickness of giant ape by using high-resolution CT
Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest known species of primate, lived mainly in South China during the Pleistocene. The enormous body size of this taxon, together with its special dietary proclivity and possible relationship ...
Archaeology
Sep 11, 2013
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A new Haramiyid indicating a complex pattern of evolution in Mesozoic mammals
A major unsolved problem in mammalian evolution is the origin of Allotheria, including Multituberculata and Haramiyida. Multituberculates are the most diverse and best known Mesozoic era mammals and ecologically resemble ...
Archaeology
Aug 13, 2013
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