Archive for the ‘Molecular basis of heredity’ Category

Study finds key to colony-collapse disorder - Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Fast genomic analysis could open the door to breakthroughs in health, ecology and genetics. How do these machines work, and what have they taught about obesity, microbial diversity, and drug treatment?

Sex Strategies of Cuttlefish: Delusion Gets the Girl! - Thursday, July 8th, 2004

Giant Australian cuttlefish cross-dresses to mate. Small males temporarily look like females, mating right under the noses of the big boys!

Cicada Cascade - Thursday, May 27th, 2004

Like a chamberful of pork-barreling legislators, cicadas are on the wing in Washington, D.C. Voracious. Unstoppable. A force of nature: 17-year cicadas are back!

Evolution at Work: A Superheated Story - Thursday, January 8th, 2004

Studies of mitochondria show that polar people evolved greater ability to create heat; study has health implications for energy-deficiency diseases, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

Tortoise Genes Record Volcano - Thursday, October 2nd, 2003

Genes of giant tortoises reflect ancient volcanic eruption in Galapagos Islands.

Mouse Evolution: Making the Urban Mouse - Thursday, May 29th, 2003

A new study reveals rapid evolution of white-footed mice in Chicago, in just 150 years.

Birdsong and Motivation - Thursday, September 26th, 2002

Sexual motivation for birdsong involves hormones, the medial preoptic brain area and environment in European starlings.

Evolution Evidence from Fish - Thursday, January 3rd, 2002

Mechanisms of evolution uncovered with stickleback fish research.

Genes and Behavior - Wednesday, November 21st, 2001

Single gene determines number of queens in fire ant nest.

Evolution Everywhere - Thursday, September 6th, 2001

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

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