Items tagged with evolution

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The Resurrection of a Disease-Linked Gene Monday, March 9th, 2009 - 12:19:28 - Sarah Gingichashvili A glimpse into the evolutionary history of a gene linked to Crohn's disease has revealed a bizarre example of just how dynamic genomes can be. The... read more

Galaxies' Collision History Revealed Sunday, January 4th, 2009 - 13:53:00 - Ehud Rattner Massive mergers sparked bursts of star formation when the Universe was half its age. Nearly all massive galaxies have undergone at least one major... read more

Why Locusts Abandon a Solitary Life? Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 - 18:15:13 - Ehud Rattner By applying an old theory that has been used to explain water flow through soil and the spread of forest fires, researchers may have an answer to a... read more

'Hobbit' Fossils Represent A New Species Saturday, December 20th, 2008 - 10:21:46 - Ehud Rattner University of Minnesota anthropology professor Kieran McNulty (along with colleague Karen Baab of Stony Brook University in New York) has made an... read more

Evolution of Speech Through an Orangutan? Friday, December 12th, 2008 - 16:45:19 - Anuradha Menon Throughout history, human beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan’s spontaneous... read more

Proteins Strangle Cell During Division Sunday, December 7th, 2008 - 18:21:41 - Ehud Rattner A Swedish research group has discovered a new mechanism for cell division in a microorganism found in extremely hot and acidic conditions. The... read more

Discovery of Virus in Lemur Could Cure AIDS Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 - 12:56:10 - Anuradha Menon The genome of a squirrel-sized, saucer-eyed lemur from Madagascar may help scientists understand how HIV-like viruses coevolved with primates... read more

Evidence For Rapid Evolution Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 - 10:20:24 - Ehud Rattner Small skink lizards, Lerista, demonstrate extensive changes in body shape over geologically brief periods. Research published in the open access... read more

Monster Tag Team Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 - 09:59:59 - Ehud Rattner Astronomers taking a second look at a distant galaxy have found it is actually a pair of colliding galaxies, each harboring a supermassive black hole... read more

Evolutionary Legacy: Genetic-based Diseases Sunday, October 19th, 2008 - 12:08:04 - Ehud Rattner Tomislav Domazet-Loso and Diethard Tautz from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plon, Germany, have systematically analyzed the... read more

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