Life science - Reproduction and heredity

  • Plant Breeding: Hope for the World’s Hungry?

    Genetic engineering may not be the best way to make more food; plant breeding remains vital. As grain production flattens, should we be supporting more plant breeders?


    Thursday, September 19th, 2002
  • Bird Mating Call

    Song competition among chickadees sets females’ reproductive strategy. Guys: Time to learn to sing?


    Thursday, May 2nd, 2002
  • Genome Project: What Have We Learned?

    It’s gibberish to us, but what does the Human Genome Project mean for biology?


    Thursday, February 21st, 2002
  • Diamonds, Chocolate, Mating

    Diamonds, mating and chocolate: three necessities of Valentine’s Day.


    Thursday, February 7th, 2002
  • Evolution Evidence from Fish

    Mechanisms of evolution uncovered with stickleback fish research.


    Thursday, January 3rd, 2002
  • Genes and Behavior

    Single gene determines number of queens in fire ant nest.


    Wednesday, November 21st, 2001
  • Evolution Everywhere

    Evolution is going on all around us. Evolution and everyday life.


    Thursday, September 6th, 2001
  • Sex Among Snails: Love Darts!

    Natural love: Hermaphroditic snails dart each other during sex. Just before mating, hydraulic pressure builds around the dart. When the second animal touches the darter’s genitals, it shoots.


    Thursday, July 12th, 2001
  • Botanical Beauty, Nasal Nightmare

    Amorphophallus titanum, the corpse flower, astounds thousands as it blooms. Even the flies agree: It STINKS! But what good is a foul-scented wonder?


    Thursday, June 14th, 2001
  • Bacteria: Not in Your Genes?

    New report says we don’t get genes directly from bacteria.


    Thursday, May 17th, 2001


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