Items tagged with evolution

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Yeast Reveals Sexual Selection in Action Saturday, October 18th, 2008 - 10:38:40 - Ehud Rattner Why did peacocks develop such elaborate tails? A study that tracks how a gene spreads through a population of yeast could finally help answer such... read more

New Molecular Clue to Evolution Uncovered Saturday, October 11th, 2008 - 18:27:04 - Anuradha Menon A Florida State University researcher who uses high-powered computers to map the workings of proteins has uncovered a mechanism that gives scientists... read more

Short RNAs Show a Long History Friday, October 3rd, 2008 - 16:20:28 - Anuradha Menon MicroRNAs, the tiny molecules that fine-tune gene expression, were first discovered in 1993. But it turns out they’ve been around for a billion... read more

Getting to the Bottom of Evolution Thursday, September 18th, 2008 - 12:20:13 - Ehud Rattner It may not be the sort of thing to discuss over dinner, but research is opening a lively debate on the origin of the anus. Today, two evolutionary... read more

Amazon Ants are of the Oldest Lineage Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 - 12:07:54 - Anuradha Menon A new species of blind, subterranean, predatory ant discovered in the Amazon rainforest by University of Texas at Austin evolutionary biologist... read more

NASA Selects Next Mars Mission Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 - 16:51:57 - Iddo Genuth NASA has selected a Mars robotic mission that will provide information about the Red Planet's atmosphere, climate history and potential habitability... read more

DNA Study Reveals Evolution of Beer Yeasts Friday, September 12th, 2008 - 14:15:23 - Anuradha Menon Lager lovers convinced that their beer of choice stands alone should prepare to drink their words this Oktoberfest. New research by geneticists at... read more

'Rosetta Stone' For Understanding Evolution Saturday, September 6th, 2008 - 15:18:08 - Anuradha Menon Yale molecular and evolutionary biologists in collaboration with Department of Energy scientists produced the full genome sequence of Trichoplax, one... read more

Algorithm to Investigate Origins of Life Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 - 14:02:48 - Anuradha Menon Scientists at Penn State have developed a new computational method that they say will help them to understand how life began on Earth. The team’s... read more

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