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A gene mutation tied to exploratory behavior may have jump-started the evolution of hundreds of cichlid species.
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Behavior, Animal , Cichlids , Exploratory Behavior , Animals , Biodiversity , Biological Evolution , Cichlids/genetics , Cichlids/physiology , Lakes , Mutation , TanzaniaABSTRACT
Exposing monitor lizards to thousands of young cane toads helped them survive once the adult toads invaded.
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Avoidance Learning , Bufo marinus , Introduced Species , Lizards , Poison Frogs , Animals , Lizards/physiologyABSTRACT
London's Natural History Museum gets nearly $200 million to scan country's collections.
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Understudied means of regulating genes is likely widespread in butterflies-and perhaps other animals.
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Butterflies , Pigmentation , RNA Editing , RNA, Long Noncoding , Wings, Animal , Animals , Butterflies/anatomy & histology , Butterflies/genetics , Wings, Animal/anatomy & histology , Wings, Animal/physiology , Pigmentation/genetics , RNA, Long Noncoding/geneticsABSTRACT
U.S. plan would harness the "RNome" for medicine and more-but funding is uncertain.
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Capital Financing , RNA , Sequence Analysis, RNA , Sequence Analysis, RNA/economics , Human Genome Project/economics , United States , Humans , mRNA Vaccines/genetics , RNA/genetics , RNA/metabolism , DiseaseABSTRACT
Nitrate radicals, a common pollutant, break down the cues nocturnal insects follow to find nectar sources.
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Flowers , Pollination , Animals , Odorants , Plant Nectar , InsectaABSTRACT
Each species' dining habits set the table for the next wave.
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Animal Migration , Antelopes , Equidae , Herbivory , Animals , Antelopes/physiology , Equidae/physiology , Parks, Recreational , Kenya , TanzaniaABSTRACT
Eukaryotes organized into multicellular forms 1.6 billion years ago.
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Biological Evolution , Eukaryota , FossilsSubject(s)
Biological Evolution , Fishes , Fossils , Shoulder , Vertebrates , Animals , Fishes/anatomy & histology , Phylogeny , Shoulder/anatomy & histology , Skull , Vertebrates/anatomy & histologyABSTRACT
These and other ancient plants may provide alternatives to chemical insecticides.
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Ferns , Insecticides , Pest Control, Biological , Plant Proteins , Ferns/genetics , Ferns/metabolism , Crops, Agricultural , Plant Proteins/genetics , Plant Proteins/isolation & purification , Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics , Plants, Genetically Modified/parasitology , Zea mays/genetics , Zea mays/parasitology , Pest Control, Biological/methods , Glycine max/genetics , Glycine max/parasitologyABSTRACT
After ancient extinctions, survivors switched to day shifts, study of fish suggests.
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Circadian Rhythm , Extinction, Biological , Fishes , Animals , Fishes/physiology , Habits , Predatory BehaviorABSTRACT
Reefs already stressed by bleaching are being smothered by crust-forming red algae.
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Anthozoa , Coral Reefs , Global Warming , Rhodophyta , Animals , Coral Bleaching , Rhodophyta/growth & developmentABSTRACT
How rodents survive on summits is a mystery.
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Altitude , Arvicolinae , Animals , Arvicolinae/genetics , Arvicolinae/physiology , Adaptation, Physiological , Oxygen , Cold TemperatureABSTRACT
Polyploid cells, which have extra copies of their genomes, may help tissues respond to injuries and species survive cataclysms.
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Neural network predicts odors from chemical structures.
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Millennia before Europeans arrived in Australia, humans helped shape the distribution of the continent's plants.
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Castanospermum , Human Migration , Seed Dispersal , Humans , Australia , Seeds , Europe , AnimalsABSTRACT
Study points to cheap way to sniff out past and present species from DNA snagged in air filters.
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Air Filters , Air Pollutants , Air Pollution , DNA, Environmental , Environmental Monitoring , Air Pollutants/analysis , Air Pollution/analysis , Environmental Monitoring/methods , Biodiversity , DNA, Environmental/analysisABSTRACT
Sequencing efforts may also aid primate conservation.
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Endangered Species , Genome , Primates , Animals , Humans , Primates/genetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Genetic Variation , HealthABSTRACT
Since first evolving 350 million years ago, the tongue has taken myriad forms, unlocking new niches and boosting the diversity of life.
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Biological Evolution , Tongue , Vertebrates , Tongue/anatomy & histology , Tongue/physiology , Vertebrates/anatomy & histology , Vertebrates/physiology , AnimalsABSTRACT
Experiment shows ease by which organisms could harness sunlight to produce energy.
