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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

How Respiratory Tubes and Capillaries Form in Flies

Scientists in Spain report on the formation of the small-diameter respiratory tubes of the fly Drosophila -- a process that resembles the development of the ...  > full story

Evolution Impacts Environment: Fundamental Shift in How Biologists Perceive Relationship Between Evolution and Ecology

The traditional view is that ecology shapes evolution. Some research has suggested, however, that evolutionary processes reciprocate by ...  > full story

Like Escape Artists, Rotifers Elude Enemies by Drying Up and -- Poof! -- They Are Gone With the Wind

They haven't had sex in some 30 million years, but some very small invertebrates named bdelloid rotifers are still shocking biologists -- ...  > full story

Virology: Some Viruses Use Fats to Penetrate a Cell

SV40 viruses use an amazing means of communication, in order to be able to penetrate into a cell: fats, whose structure must fit like a key in a lock. ...  > full story
 

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