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Getting a leg up on whale and dolphin evolution

Getting a leg up on whale and dolphin evolution

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

When the ancestors of living cetaceans—whales, dolphins and porpoises—first dipped their toes into water, a series of evolutionary changes were sparked that ultimately nestled these swimming mammals into the ...


Humans spread out of Africa later

Humans spread out of Africa later

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 4

Modern humans spread out of Africa 20,000 years later than previously thought, according to new genetic research just published.


Gene study may help solve Sydney rock oyster mystery

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study of oyster genetics is helping scientists better understand the mysterious QX-disease, which has been responsible in the past for killing Sydney rock oysters in the Georges and Hawkesbury Rivers.


P[acman]-generated fruit fly gene 'library': A new research tool

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(May 24, 2009) -- Using a specially adapted tool called P[acman], a collaboration of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine has established a library of clones that cover most of the genome of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit ...


New finding about the bane of parents' lives -- head lice

Biology /

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Head lice are a challenge for parents of primary-school aged children all around the world, including Australia.