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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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Climate change impacts every species on Earth, including some of the smallest insects that rely on just the right weathe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 23, 2017Genetics & Genomics
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Do Seahorses Have the Fastest Evolving Genomes?Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 18, 2017Plants & Animals
The world around us is changing, and a lot of that has to do with our very own hand. If you were to compare the world no ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an enzyme that is key to helping cells repair DNA after it sustains damage. DNA has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2017Microbiology
Complex cellular life evolved from simpler organisms, and organisms with huge differences have similar evolutionary root ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In the following video from the Francis Crick Institute, you can get a look at why cancer cells are able to proliferate ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2017
Immunology
Human immunodeficiency virus, notoriously known as HIV, appears untouchable by the immune system, resulting in millions
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Mariana trench is one of the most remote places in the world. To get there one must travel 11 kilometers under the P
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 15, 2017
Videos
Cave diving is perhaps the most dangerous type of exploration that humans have yet to pursue. Even more dangerous than e
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
There exists a critically-endangered species of monkey so rare that it was once thought to be extinct, but rare footage
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2017
Videos
Monogamy is the practice of mating with the same individual for an extended period of time. It turns out only about 3% o
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 08, 2017
Microbiology
Salmonella is typically associated with food poisoning in the United States, but Salmonella infections in sub-Saharan Af
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Yeast has long been used by researchers as a model organisms; it is inexpensive and easy to work with and has many genes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists at the University of Exeter have found that antibiotics can stimulate the growth of bacteria. When Escherichi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Modern-day otters, excluding sea otters, aren’t really all that big; they typically don’t ever weigh more th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The mating dances of exotic spiders are captivating, for sure, but researchers are interested in learning more about how
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
Both Britain and New Zealand are places in the world where you’ll find yellowhammer birds. They were originally on
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2017
Microbiology
After four years, research collaboration has revealed details about the evolution of dinoflagellates, along with new det
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2017
Videos
Last night I woke up to banging and realized that a man was outside my bedroom window trying to break the lock to steal
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chimeras have cells from two different organisms growing in the same animal. You might see some wild headlines about the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2017
Videos
Animals with exceptional features have always been an interesting point of discussion. How did so many evolve? And so di
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 26, 2017
Microbiology
Being sick always seems to impact appetite, even inspiring the old adage to “feed a cold and starve a fever.&rdquo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
Not too many animal species exhibit the quality known as menopause, the (typically middle-aged) part of a female’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts every species on Earth, including some of the smallest insects that rely on just the right weathe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 23, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Higher Mutation Rates Found in Stressed E. coli
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 21, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Do Seahorses Have the Fastest Evolving Genomes?
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 18, 2017
Plants & Animals
The world around us is changing, and a lot of that has to do with our very own hand. If you were to compare the world no
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an enzyme that is key to helping cells repair DNA after it sustains damage. DNA has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Complex cellular life evolved from simpler organisms, and organisms with huge differences have similar evolutionary root
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the following video from the Francis Crick Institute, you can get a look at why cancer cells are able to proliferate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch