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  As People Live Longer and Reproduce Less, Natural Selection Keeps Up

  April 25, 2013 — In many places around the world, people are living longer and are having fewer children. But that's not all. A study of people living in rural Gambia shows that this modern-day "demographic ... > full story
• Dentistry
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  Material Loss Protects Teeth Against Fatigue Failure

  April 24, 2013 — Scientists have digitally analysed modern human teeth using an engineering approach, finite element method, to evaluate the biomechanical behavior of teeth under realistic loading. They report ... > full story
• Genetics
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  Functional Potential of Genes: Pushing the Boundaries of Transcription

  April 24, 2013 — Like musicians in an orchestra who have the same musical score but start and finish playing at different intervals, cells with the same genes start and finish transcribing them at different points in ... > full story
• Genes
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  New Genetic Links to Juvenile Arthritis Found

  April 24, 2013 — Researchers report they have increased the number of confirmed genes linked to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) from three to 17 -- a finding that will clarify how JIA fits into the spectrum of ... > full story
• Bacteria
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  Battling With Bugs to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance

  April 23, 2013 — Bacteria can evolve resistance more quickly when stronger antibiotics are used, new research ... > full story
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  Nature
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  Virtual, Squishy Creatures Evolve to Run Using Evolutionary Algorithms

  April 23, 2013 — Scientists have created a computer algorithm that can be used to witness virtual creatures evolving their squishy, muscle-like features in order to teach themselves to ... > full story
• Origin of Life
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  Ancient DNA Reveals Europe's Dynamic Genetic History

  April 23, 2013 — Ancient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7,500 years old has been used to reconstruct the first detailed genetic history of modern ... > full story
• Evolutionary Biology
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  Nature
   
  

  Can the Friend of My Friend Be My Enemy? Choice Affects Stability of the Social Network, Animal Study Shows

  April 22, 2013 — Just as humans can follow complex social situations in deciding who to befriend or to abandon, it turns out that animals use the same level of sophistication in judging social configurations, ... > full story
• Invasive Species
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  Ant Family Tree Constructed: Confirms Date of Evolutionary Origin, Underscores Importance of Neotropics

  April 22, 2013 — Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the higher species numbers in the tropics, but these hypotheses have never been tested for the ants, which are one of the most ecologically and ... > full story
• Fish
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  Something's Fishy in the Tree of Life: Largest and Most Comprehensive Studies of Fish Phylogeny

  April 19, 2013 — A team of scientists has dramatically increased our understanding of fish evolution and their relationships. The group integrated extensive genetic and physical information about specimens to create ... > full story

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