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Atlantic snails are increasing dramatically in size
Mar 24, 2009 |
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A Queen's University biologist has discovered that the shell lengths of snails in the northwest Atlantic Ocean - an important member of the Atlantic food chain - have increased by 22.6 per cent over the past ...
Parasites keep things sexy in 'hotspots'
Jul 23, 2009 |
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The coevolutionary struggle between a New Zealand snail and its worm parasite makes sex advantageous for the snail, whose females favor asexual reproduction in the absence of parasites, say Indiana University ...
Tiny invasive snail impacts Great Lakes, alters ecology
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Aug 08, 2008 |
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Long a problem in the western U.S., the New Zealand mud snail currently inhabits four of the five Great Lakes and is spreading into rivers and tributaries, according to a Penn State team of researchers. These tiny creatures ...
Controlling schistosomiasis: buffalo or snails?
Jan 22, 2008 |
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A parasitic infection common in China and Southeast Asia could be effectively reduced by controlling snail populations, according to research published in PLoS Medicine.
Tale of two snails reveals secrets about the biochemistry of evolution
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Researchers in Spain are reporting deep new insights into how evolution changes the biochemistry of living things, helping them to adapt to new environments. Their study, based on an analysis of proteins produced ...
Ripple effect: Water snails offer new propulsion possibilities
Oct 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A UC San Diego engineer has revealed a new mode of propulsion based on how water snails create ripples of slime to crawl upside down beneath the surface.
Giant snails a danger in Florida
Aug 10, 2005 |
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Florida officials reportedly are fearful giant South American channeled apple snails might threaten native species and endanger water quality.
50 snails shot into space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 13, 2007 |
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An unmanned spacecraft carrying 2.5 tons of supplies and 50 snails headed to the International Space Station Saturday after being launched from Kazakhstan.
Watching water from space could aid disease prevention in China
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Scientists are looking to outer space for help in their attempt to prevent new outbreaks of the tropical disease schistosomiasis in southern China.
Underwater animals fart greenhouse gas: study
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Humans and farm animals were known to emit harmful greenhouse gases through digestion, but German researchers said Tuesday that aquatic worms and bugs are also culprits, releasing laughing gas.
Snails and humans use same genes to tell right from left
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Dec 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists have tracked down genes that control the handedness of snail shells, and they turn out to be similar to the genes used by humans to set up the left and right sides of the body.
Sea snails break the law
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Apr 24, 2007 |
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Lizards gave rise to legless snakes. Cave fishes don’t have eyeballs. In evolution, complicated structures often get lost. Dollo’s Law states that complicated structures can't be re-evolved because the genes ...
Study finds role for parasites in evolution of sex
Jul 06, 2009 |
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What's so great about sex? From an evolutionary perspective, the answer is not as obvious as one might think. An article published in the July issue of the American Naturalist suggests that sex may have evolved in part a ...
Snail fossils suggest semiarid eastern Canary Islands were wetter 50,000 years ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Fossil land snail shells found in ancient soils on the subtropical eastern Canary Islands show that the Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa has become progressively drier over the past 50,000 years.
Genomes of parasitic flatworms decoded
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Two international research teams have determined the complete genetic sequences of two species of parasitic flatworms that cause schistosomiasis, a debilitating condition also known as snail fever. Schistosoma ma ...
