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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Great Tits: Birds With Character

Gene variation is the reason that some great tit populations are more curious than others. In humans and animals alike, individuals differ in sets of traits that we usually refer to as ...  > 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

Agricultural Scientists Turn to a Wild Oat to Combat Crown Rust

Scientists are tapping into the DNA of a wild oat, considered by some to be a noxious weed, to see if it can help combat crown rust, ...  > full story
 

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