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Lizards Facing Mass Extinction from Climate Change
March 5, 2013 — Climate change could see dozens of lizard species becoming extinct within the next 50 years, according to new research. The often one-directional evolutionary adaptation of certain lizard species' ... > full story -
Spinal Tap -- Using Cactus Spines to Isolate DNA
March 5, 2013 — In the family Cactaceae, isolation of genetic material can be difficult due to the presence of polysaccharide-based mucilage content and other secondary compounds. Although important for water ... > full story -
Assembling the Transcriptome of a Noxious Weed: New Resources for Studying How Plants Invade
March 5, 2013 — Scientists have assembled transcriptomes of a noxious weed, Brachypodium sylvaticum, or slender false brome. The transcriptome provides an extensive genetic tool for studying how invasive species, ... > full story -
Human Y Chromosome Much Older Than Previously Thought
March 5, 2013 — The discovery and analysis of an extremely rare African American Y chromosome push back the time of the most recent common ancestor for the Y chromosome lineage tree to 338,000 years ago. This time ... > full story -
Viruses: More Survival Tricks Than Previously Thought
March 5, 2013 — Among eukaryotes with modified nuclear genetic codes, viruses are unknown. Until now it had been believed that the modifications to the genetic code effectively prevented new viral infections. ... > full story -
Molecular Coordination in Evolution
March 5, 2013 — Spanish researchers have published a review on the latest computational methods that, based on evolutionary principles, are revolutionizing the field of analysis and prediction of protein structure, ... > full story -
'True Grit' Erodes Assumptions About Evolution of Earth's First Grasslands
March 4, 2013 — New work in Argentina where scientists had previously thought Earth's first grasslands emerged 38 million years ago, shows the area at the time covered with tropical forests rich with palms, bamboos ... > full story -
Don't Be Fooled: Flowers Mislead Traditional Taxonomy
March 4, 2013 — For hundreds of years, plant taxonomists have worked to understand how species are related. Until relatively recently, their only reliable source of information about these relationships was the ... > full story -
New Insights Into Plant Evolution
March 1, 2013 — New research has uncovered a mechanism that regulates the reproduction of plants, providing a possible tool for engineering higher yielding ... > full story -
'Defective' Virus Surprisingly Plays Major Role in Spread of Disease
March 1, 2013 — Defective viruses, thought for decades to be essentially garbage unrelated to the transmission of a virus, now appear able to play a much more important role in the spread of disease, biologists ... > full story
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