Exploding genomes and chromosomal rearrangements via RNA-mediated events
Gibbon genome and the fast karyotype evolution of small apes This is an open access article reported as: Gibbon genome sequence deepens understanding of primates […]
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Insect homology and diversity attributed to mutations
Ancient homology underlies adaptive mimetic diversity across butterflies Excerpt: “Surprisingly, our results suggest that modulation of this conserved developmental gene has occurred in tandem between […]
From cell type differentiation to extinction
The 1,300 Bird Species Facing Extinction Signal Threats to Human Health Excerpt: “Through analysis of the inner workings of birds’ cells, scientists have been deciphering increasingly […]
Order and disorder: Ecological adaptations not mutations
In the context of order and disorder that includes what is known about quantum physics and light-induced amino acid substitutions in plants and animals, as well […]
Chromosomal rearrangements and hibernation
Prepped for the Long Sleep Hibernation-related proteins are common even in non-hibernating animals, a study shows. By Jyoti Madhusoodanan | July 30, 2014 Article excerpt: “These genes clustered on […]
Chromosomal rearrangements: What would earth be like if not for human pheromones?
Refining language for chromosomes News article excerpt: “…advances in next-generation sequencing methods and results from BWH’s Developmental Genome Anatomy Project (DGAP) revealed an assortment of genes […]
Proof of social pseudoscience
Where is the proof in pseudoscience? Excerpt (with my emphasis): “It is characteristic of science that our knowledge, so expressed, has grown enormously over the […]
Similar selection pressures (natural selection of food)
Science 17 January 2014: Vol. 343 no. 6168 pp. 254-255 DOI:10.1126/science.1249285 Perspective Smells Like Queen Since the Cretaceous by Michel Chapuisat Excerpt (with my emphasis): If […]
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After I posted 5 of the 14 comments to the National Geographic site during discussion of Mercenary Ants Protect Farmers With Chemical Weapons by Ed […]
Nutrient-dependent pheromone-controlled stickleback evolution
Sexual imprinting on ecologically divergent traits leads to sexual isolation in sticklebacks Excerpt: “Odour differences may be owing to pleiotropic effects of adaptive differences in […]