Evolution
Evolution: the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.Evolutionary processes give rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules. Repeated formation of new species, change within species, and loss of species throughout the evolutionary history of life on Earth are demonstrated by shared sets of morphological and biochemical traits, including shared DNA sequences. These shared traits are more similar among species that share a more recent common ancestor, and can be used to reconstruct a biological "tree of life" based on evolutionary relationships, using both existing species and fossils.
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APR 19, 2019
Videos
APR 19, 2019
It seems that a new species of ancient human has been discovered. The tiny hominid hails from the Philippines....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2019
Plants & Animals
APR 16, 2019
Perhaps the most easily discernable dinosaur of all time is the Tyrannosaurus Rex, made infamous by Hollywood films such as Jurassic Park. But despite what...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
APR 15, 2019
A team of scientists in China is creating controversy with a new publication reported in the National Science Review, a Beijing journal....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
APR 13, 2019
A genome database works like a police finger print log. If the finger print has been taken before, then when it is analyzed in the future, the databa...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAR 27, 2019
Microbiology
MAR 27, 2019
Probiotics are easily available and have been promoted to consumers. It seems that they may be able to change once ingested....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
MAR 21, 2019
A man's best friend is one of the most genetically engineered animals ever. Historically,......
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAR 18, 2019
Microbiology
MAR 18, 2019
K. stuttgartiensis is a model anammox microorganism - it's an anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes ammonia / Image: Laura van Niftrik...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
MAR 18, 2019
Horseshoe crabs were once thought to be related to sand crabs, but there have been placed in the arachnid group....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2019
Videos
MAR 12, 2019
Clonal raider ants are asexual reproducers, and it's easy to make genetic manipulations in these insects....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2019
Microbiology
MAR 10, 2019
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
MAR 07, 2019
Once thought to be passed down from an ancient ancestor, it actually seems that some animals gained regenerative skills on their own....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2019
Cardiology
FEB 25, 2019
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Written By:
Abbie Arce
FEB 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
FEB 25, 2019
The impressive great white shark has been able to capture the attention of humans and is the subject of endless fascination....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2019
Videos
FEB 23, 2019
Have you ever heard of the butterfly effect? This is a phenomenon that refers to chaos theory but also has a significance in psychology. It states the...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 20, 2019
Plants & Animals
FEB 20, 2019
Researchers have long wondered why zebras sport such eye-jarring black and white stripes, especially since most large mammals in the animal kingdom exhibit...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2019
Microbiology
FEB 16, 2019
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to the Ebola virus in humans....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
FEB 16, 2019
From a genetic perspective, humans are only 1.2% different from chimpanzees and a cousin of theirs, the bonobo....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2019
Cancer
FEB 12, 2019
Cancer is on everybody's mind these days. Many pharmaceutical companies are devoted solely to finding new cancer treatments. In 2016, President Obama c...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 12, 2019
Cancer
FEB 12, 2019
A recent study compared the cancer genomes of a rare form of melanoma (mucosal melanoma) in humans, dogs, and horses in order to see how this type of cance...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 11, 2019
Space & Astronomy
FEB 11, 2019
NASA launched its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission back in November of 2013 with the intent of studying Mars’ upper atmosphere,...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2019
Plants & Animals
FEB 06, 2019
Scientists have been trying to learn about the factors that drive speciation since the dawn of time, and while there’s still much to be discovered in...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2019
Microbiology
FEB 04, 2019
Like many other organisms, bacteria have to compete for resources and have developed a wide array of strategies to use, including antibiotics....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
FEB 04, 2019
Scientists have been looking for the origins of life on earth for many years. One theory that has emerged involves a biological molecule called RNA....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
FEB 03, 2019
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence and characterize the genomes of all known eukaryotes....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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