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• Select Stem cell research hints at evolution of human brain

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  Stem cell research hints at evolution of human brain

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Oct. 17, 20151,080 words Article 1680L2015 OCT 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- The human cerebral cortex contains 16 billion neurons, wired together into arcane, layered circuits responsible for...
• Select 5 Minutes With: From Tadpoles to Ryan Hall: a Biology Professor Deconstructs Runners' Strides

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  5 Minutes With: From Tadpoles to Ryan Hall: a Biology Professor Deconstructs Runners' Strides

  Author:Kelly FieldFrom:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 57, Issue 37)

  May 15, 2011636 words Article 930LByline: Kelly Field Peter Larson, an associate professor of biology at Saint Anselm College, in New Hampshire, runs marathons. He also uses high-speed cameras to film runners and analyze their strides. Recently he...
• Select Genes, language, cognition, and culture: towards productive inquiry

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  Genes, language, cognition, and culture: towards productive inquiry

  Author:W. Tecumseh FitchFrom:Human Biology (Vol. 83, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20112,720 words Report 1460LCultural and Biological Explanations of Human Cognition Humans are cultural organisms: a human raised in isolation or by non-cultural animals will be as deficient as a bird prevented from flying or a mole prevented...
• Select New findings in evolutionary biology described by E.G. Leigh and co-researchers

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  New findings in evolutionary biology described by E.G. Leigh and co-researchers

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Jan. 8, 2011269 words Brief article 1050L"Like altruism, mutualism, cooperation between species, evolves only by enhancing all participants' inclusive fitness. Mutualism evolves most readily between members of different kingdoms, which pool complementary...
• Select Evolution of parasitism in mammal-associated mites of the Psoroptidia group (Acari: Astigmata)

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  Evolution of parasitism in mammal-associated mites of the Psoroptidia group (Acari: Astigmata)

  Author:A.V. BochkovFrom:Entomological Review (Vol. 91, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20116,916 words Article 1220LThe distribution of parasitic mites of the Psoroptidia group on mammals was analyzed. Nearly all the mammal-associated Psoroptidia belong to the paraphyletic superfamily Sarcoptoidea. Mites of the family complex...
• Select Recent findings from A.F. Muttray and co-authors highlight research in neoplasia

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  Recent findings from A.F. Muttray and co-authors highlight research in neoplasia

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Aug. 28, 2010361 words Brief article 1390LAccording to a study from Vancouver, Canada, "The mussel Mytilus trossulus can develop a neoplasia of the haemolymph, which occurs with high frequency (up to 40%) in nature. Associated with this disease are...
• Select Comparative Animal Genomics and Evolution of Human Disease

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  Comparative Animal Genomics and Evolution of Human Disease

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Oct. 2, 2010429 words Article 1510LThe 14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) will feature a discussion on the similarities in genomic diseases between animals and humans, titled "Comparative Genomics and Human...
• Select Ecology and evolutionary biology

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  Ecology and evolutionary biology

  From:Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (Vol. 52, Issue 1)

  Jan. 20072,177 words Calendar 1520LChair: Robert Hamilton, Mississippi College Vice-chair: Clifford Ochs, University of Mississippi THURSDAY AFTERNOON Hunter Henry Executive Room 8 1:30 AVIAN RESPONSES TO PRESCRIBED FIRE AND SELECTIVE...
• Select Ernst Mayr and evolutionary biology

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  Ernst Mayr and evolutionary biology

  Author:Douglas J. FutuyamaFrom:Evolution (Vol. 48, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 19946,062 words Article Biologist Ernst Mayr anchored the growth of evolutionary biology through monumental literature such as Animal Species and Evolution and Systematics and the Origin of Species and his co-proposed theory of Evolutionary...
• Select Eda controls stickleback armor

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  Eda controls stickleback armor

  Author:Sarah LovingerFrom:Genome Biology (Vol. 6, Issue 50) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 29, 2005620 words Article 1560LAuthor(s): Sarah Lovinger In what could explain earlier findings that just a small number of genetic changes control the widespread evolution of many species of sticklebacks, researchers report in the March 25, 2005,...
• Select Dermatology in India and Indian dermatology: A Medico-Historical perspective

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  Dermatology in India and Indian dermatology: A Medico-Historical perspective

  Author:Amiya MukhopadhyayFrom:Indian Dermatology Online Journal (Vol. 7, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  July-August 20164,641 words Editorial 1580LByline: Amiya. Mukhopadhyay “ India suffers today in the estimation of the world, more through the world's ignorance of her achievements than in the absence or insignificance of these achievements. ”...
• Select Evolution of the Primate APOBEC3A Cytidine Deaminase Gene and Identification of Related Coding Regions

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  Evolution of the Primate APOBEC3A Cytidine Deaminase Gene and Identification of Related Coding Regions

  Authors:Michel Henry, Christophe Terzian, Martine Peeters, Simon Wain-Hobson, and Jean-Pierre VartanianFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 17, 20124,653 words Article 1390LAuthor(s): Michel Henry 1 , Christophe Terzian 2 , Martine Peeters 3 , Simon Wain-Hobson 1 , Jean-Pierre Vartanian 1 , * Introduction The APOBEC3 seven gene cluster (A3A-C, A3DE, A3F-H) encodes six cytidine...
• Select The Evolution of Pepsinogen C Genes in Vertebrates: Duplication, Loss and Functional Diversification

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  The Evolution of Pepsinogen C Genes in Vertebrates: Duplication, Loss and Functional Diversification

  Authors:Luis Filipe Costa Castro, Monica Lopes-Marques, Odete Goncalves, and Jonathan Mark WilsonFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 9, 20125,815 words Article 1440LAuthor(s): Luís Filipe Costa Castro 1 , * , Monica Lopes-Marques 1 , Odete Gonçalves 1 , 2 , Jonathan Mark Wilson 1 , * Introduction Pepsinogens, the precursors of pepsins, are a group of aspartic proteases...
• Select Functional Evolution of Duplicated Odorant-Binding Protein Genes, Obp57d and Obp57e, in Drosophila

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  Functional Evolution of Duplicated Odorant-Binding Protein Genes, Obp57d and Obp57e, in Drosophila

  Authors:Eriko Harada, Jun Nakagawa, Tsunaki Asano, Masato Taoka, Hiroyuki Sorimachi, Yoshihiro Ito, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 6, 20126,904 words Article 1420LAuthor(s): Eriko Harada 1 , Jun Nakagawa 2 , Tsunaki Asano 1 , Masato Taoka 3 , Hiroyuki Sorimachi 4 , Yoshihiro Ito 5 , Toshiro Aigaki 1 , Takashi Matsuo 6 , * Introduction In insects, olfaction and gustation...
• Select The SCOPSCO drilling project recovers more than 1.2 million years of history from Lake Ohrid

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  The SCOPSCO drilling project recovers more than 1.2 million years of history from Lake Ohrid

  Authors:B. Wagner, T. Wilke, S. Krastel, G. Zanchetta, R. Sulpizio, K. Reicherter, et al.From:Scientific Drilling (Vol. 17, Issue 17) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 29, 201462 words Brief article Byline: B. Wagner, T. Wilke, S. Krastel, G. Zanchetta, R. Sulpizio, K. Reicherter, M. J. Leng, A. Grazhdani, S. Trajanovski, A. Francke, K. Lindhorst, Z. Levkov, A. Cvetkoska, J. M. Reed, X. Zhang, J. H. Lacey, T....
• Select Driving Factors for the Evolution of Species-Specific Echolocation Call Design in New World Free-Tailed Bats (Molossidae)

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  Driving Factors for the Evolution of Species-Specific Echolocation Call Design in New World Free-Tailed Bats (Molossidae)

  Authors:Kirsten Jung, Jesus Molinari, and Elisabeth K. V. KalkoFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 14, 20145,982 words Article 1600LAuthor(s): Kirsten Jung 1,*, Jesús Molinari 2, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko 1,3 Introduction Echolocation calls primarily evolved for spatial orientation and in many cases for the detection, classification, and...
• Select Male Courtship Rate Plasticity in the Butterfly Bicyclus anynana Is Controlled by Temperature Experienced during the Pupal and Adult Stages

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  Male Courtship Rate Plasticity in the Butterfly Bicyclus anynana Is Controlled by Temperature Experienced during the Pupal and Adult Stages

  Authors:Ashley Bear and Antonia MonteiroFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 22, 20135,408 words Article 1610LAuthor(s): Ashley Bear *, Antónia Monteiro * Introduction In adaptive phenotypic plasticity, a single genotype produces alternative phenotypes in response to different environments, and each of these phenotypes...
• Select Assessing Multivariate Constraints to Evolution across Ten Long-Term Avian Studies

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  Assessing Multivariate Constraints to Evolution across Ten Long-Term Avian Studies

  Authors:Celine Teplitsky, Maja Tarka, Anders P. Moller, Shinichi Nakagawa, Javier Balbontin, Terry A. Burke, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 7, 20147,862 words Article 1560LAuthor(s): Celine Teplitsky 1,*, Maja Tarka 2, Anders P. Møller 3, Shinichi Nakagawa 4, Javier Balbontín 5, Terry A. Burke 6, Claire Doutrelant 7, Arnaud Gregoire 7, Bengt Hansson 2, Dennis Hasselquist 2, Lars...
• Select New Findings Reported from Saint Louis University School of Medicine Describe Advances in Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (Molecular evolution of herpes simplex virus 2 complete genomes: Comparison between primary and recurrent infections)

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  New Findings Reported from Saint Louis University School of Medicine Describe Advances in Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (Molecular evolution of herpes simplex virus 2 complete genomes: Comparison between primary and recurrent infections)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Oct. 7, 2017640 words Report 1780L2017 OCT 7 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Investigators publish new report on Herpesvirus Diseases and Conditions - Herpes Simplex Virus 2. According to news...
• Select Mammalian Y chromosomes retain widely expressed dosage-sensitive regulators

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  Mammalian Y chromosomes retain widely expressed dosage-sensitive regulators

  Authors:Daniel W. Bellott, Jennifer F. Hughes, Helen Skaletsky, Laura G. Brown, Tatyana Pyntikova, Ting-Jan Cho, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 508, Issue 7497) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 24, 201410,057 words Report 1520LThe human X and Y chromosomes evolved from an ordinary pair of autosomes, but millions of years ago genetic decay ravaged the Y chromosome, and only three per cent of its ancestral genes survived. We reconstructed the...