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For more than a century, scientists have understood that natural selection have profound effects on how an animal looks -- Anolis lizards that spend more time on the ground, for example, might need longer legs for running, while species that remain in the trees usually have shorter legs better suited for climbing.
But can different behaviors...
A pioneering research project has identified genes potentially associated with functions such as growth and weight gain in the Nelore breed. These functions are key to beef production. The researchers pinpointed genomic regions that had changed owing to selection, referring to these as genomic signatures of selection.
"We found six genomic regions containing genes associated with...
A team of scholars, led by William Taylor of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, analyzed horse remains from an ancient Mongolian pastoral culture known as the Deer Stone-Khirigsuur Culture (ca. 1300-700 BC). Deer stones, with their beautiful deer carvings, and their accompanying stone mounds (khirigsuurs) are famous for the impressive...
Medicines given to household pets to kill fleas and ticks might be effective for preventing outbreaks of malaria, Zika fever and other dangerous insect-borne diseases that infect millions of people worldwide, according to a new study led by scientists at Calibr, a non-profit drug discovery institute closely affiliated with Scripps Research and TropIQ Health Sciences,...
Researchers at UW Medicine in Seattle have successfully used human stem cells to restore heart function in monkeys with heart failure. The findings suggest that the technique will be effective in patients with heart failure, the leading cause of death in the world.
"The cells form new muscle that integrates into heart so that it pumps...
Society for Neuroscience. "Owls see as humans do: Humans and birds may be more similar than previously thought." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 July 2018. .
Society for Neuroscience. (2018, July 2). Owls see as humans do: Humans and birds may be more similar than previously thought. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 2, 2018 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180702133858.htm
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