Evolutionary Biology News

• Genetics
  Evolutionary Biology
  Biology
  Developmental Biology
  Life Sciences
  Mating and Breeding
   
  

  How to Survive Without Sex: Rotifer Genome Reveals Its Strategies

  July 22, 2013 — How a group of animals can abandon sex, yet produce more than 460 species over evolutionary time, became a little less mysterious this week with the publication of the complete genome of a bdelloid ... > full story
• Breast Cancer
  Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Ovarian Cancer
  Colon Cancer
  Skin Cancer
   

  Explaining Cancer to Better Prevent It

  July 22, 2013 — A new disease is affecting developing countries, deadlier than malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis combined. With changes in lifestyles, cancer is spreading in southern countries. Today, more than 70 % of ... > full story
• Fish
  Fisheries
  Extinction
  Marine Biology
  Wild Animals
  Sea Life
   
  

  From Obscurity to Dominance: Tracking the Rapid Evolutionary Rise of Ray-Finned Fish

  July 22, 2013 — Mass extinctions, like lotteries, result in a multitude of losers and a few lucky winners. This is the story of one of the winners, a small, shell-crushing predatory fish called Fouldenia, which ... > full story
• Genes
  Diseases and Conditions
  Personalized Medicine
  Human Biology
  Healthy Aging
  Parkinson's Research
   

  Genetic Key to Conquering Cholera

  July 19, 2013 — Researchers have long understood that genetics can play a role in how susceptible people are to contracting cholera, but a team of scientists is now uncovering evidence of genetic changes that might ... > full story
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Nature
  Ecology
  Frogs and Reptiles
  New Species
   
  

  Lizards Show Evolution Is Predictable

  July 19, 2013 — If you could hit the reset button on evolution and start over, would essentially the same species appear? Yes, according to a study of Caribbean ... > full story
• Bacteria
  Molecular Biology
  Microbes and More
  Genetics
  Cell Biology
  Biotechnology
   

  Dynamical Properties in Antibiotic Resistance Enzyme Investigated

  July 19, 2013 — Using biophysical modeling and bioinformatics analysis, researchers show significant evolution in the structural characteristics and physiochemical properties of the antibiotic-destroying enzyme ... > full story
• HIV and AIDS
  Viruses
  Virology
  Infectious Diseases
  Today's Healthcare
  Microbiology
   

  Evolutionary Forensics Used on Hepatitis C Virus Outbreak

  July 19, 2013 — The rapid molecular evolution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been used to help incriminate the source of an outbreak in two Spanish hospitals in the late nineties. The evolutionary techniques used ... > full story
• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Biology
  New Species
  Mating and Breeding
  Nature
   
  

  Microbes Can Influence Evolution of Their Hosts

  July 18, 2013 — Contrary to current scientific understanding, it appears that our microbial companions play an important role in their hosts' evolution. A new study provides the first direct evidence that these ... > full story
• Fish
  Fisheries
  Evolutionary Biology
  Food and Agriculture
  Nature
  Sustainability
   

  Evolutionary Changes Could Aid Fisheries

  July 18, 2013 — Sustainable fishing practices could lead to larger fishing yields in the long run, according to a new study that models in detail how ecology and evolution affect the economics of ... > full story
• Pests and Parasites
  Evolutionary Biology
  Veterinary Medicine
  Endangered Plants
  Genetics
  Food and Agriculture
   
  

  Irish Potato Famine-Causing Pathogen Even More Virulent Now

  July 18, 2013 — The plant pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s lives on today with a different genetic blueprint and an even larger arsenal of weaponry to harm and kill ... > full story

Search ScienceDaily