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Animal Interaction Behind Cambrian Explosion? 'Missing' Ancestors Of Today's Animals May Not Be Missing After All
An event as simple as the
world's first bite may have
sparked an ancient
"explosion" of life 500
million years ago that led
... > full story
Platypus Genome Explains Animal's Peculiar Features; Holds Clues To Evolution Of Mammals
The duck-billed platypus:
part bird, part reptile,
part mammal -- and the
genome to prove it.
Scientists have decoded the
... > full story
Cooperative View: New Evidence Suggests A Symbiogenetic Origin For The Centrosome
The origin of the centrosome
has been controversial for
many years. The theory of
symbiogenesis as a mechanism
of evolution has also
... > full story
Scientists Discover Why Plague Is So Lethal
Bacteria that cause the
bubonic plague may be more
virulent than their close
relatives because of a
single genetic mutation,
according to research
... > full story
- Animal Interaction Behind Cambrian Explosion? 'Missing' Ancestors Of Today's Animals May Not Be Missing After All
- Platypus Genome Explains Animal's Peculiar Features; Holds Clues To Evolution Of Mammals
- Cooperative View: New Evidence Suggests A Symbiogenetic Origin For The Centrosome
- Scientists Discover Why Plague Is So Lethal
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New Cost-effective Means To Reconstruct Virus Populations
May 8, 2008 — Researchers from the United States and Switzerland have developed mathematical and statistical tools for reconstructing viral populations using pyrosequencing, a novel and effective technique for ... > full story -
Male Seahorses Are Nature's Mr. Mom, Researchers Say
May 2, 2008 — Male seahorses are nature's real-life Mr. Moms -- they take fathering to a whole new level: pregnancy. Although it is common for male fish to play the dominant parenting role, male pregnancy is a ... > full story -
Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own
May 1, 2008 — Similarities between half-billion-year-old and recent food webs point to deep principles underpinning the structure of ecological relationships, as shown by researchers from the Santa Fe Institute, ... > full story -
Evolutionary Intricacies Of Rickettsia Pathogens Revealed
April 29, 2008 — Scientists have unveiled some of the evolutionary intricacies of rickettsial pathogens by analyzing over a decade's worth of genomic data. Some species of Rickettsia cause such disease as epidemic ... > full story -
Molecular Analysis Confirms Tyrannosaurus Rex's Evolutionary Link To Birds
April 25, 2008 — Putting more meat on the theory that dinosaurs' closest living relatives are modern-day birds, molecular analysis of a shred of 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex protein -- along with that of 21 ... > full story -
Transgenic Papaya Genome Draft Yields Many Fruits
April 24, 2008 — Researchers have produced a first draft of the papaya genome. This draft sheds new light on the evolution of flowering plants. And because it involves a genetically modified plant, the newly ... > full story -
Shell-breaking Crabs Lived 20 Million Years Earlier Than Thought
April 23, 2008 — While waiting for colleagues at a small natural history museum in the state of Chiapas, Mexico last year, Cornell paleontologist Greg Dietl chanced upon a discovery that has helped rewrite the ... > full story -
Inbred Males' Scent Gives Them Away, So Female Mice Stay Away
April 21, 2008 — Female mice can steer clear of inbred males on the basis of their scent alone. Biologists found that female mice chose to associate with males producing a greater diversity of major urinary ... > full story -
Key Grape Genes Sought From US Grape Germplasm Collection
April 20, 2008 — Scientists are embarking on a study to index the useful genetic variation of more than 2,000 accessions in the Agricultural Research Service, USDA, grape germplasm ... > full story -
Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution After Introduction To A New Home
April 18, 2008 — In 1971, biologists moved five adult pairs of Italian wall lizards from their home island of Pod Kopiste, in the South Adriatic Sea, to the neighboring island of Pod Mrcaru. Now researchers have ... > full story
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