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Unusually large family of green fluorescent proteins discovered in marine creature

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a family of green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) in a primitive sea animal, along ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Evolution and Epilepsy: Improvement in Brain Electrical Signaling is Critical Both for Vertebrate Evolution and for Prev

Studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine on brain electrical signaling offer a fresh perspective on vertebrate evolution, provide additional evidence supporting Darwinian views of evolution, ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Worm-like marine animal providing

[B]The marine invertebrate amphioxus offers baseline information for genetic roots of vertebrate innovation such as the adaptive immune system[/B] Research on the genome of a marine creature led by scientists at ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 18, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists discover fluorescence in key marine creature

Fluorescent proteins found in nature have been employed in a variety of scientific research purposes, from markers for tracing molecules in biomedicine to probes for testing environmental quality. Until now, ...

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created Oct 30, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists: New phylum sheds light on ancestor of animals, humans

Genetic analysis of an obscure, worm-like creature retrieved from the depths of the North Atlantic has led to the discovery of a new phylum, a rare event in an era when most organisms have already been grouped into major ...

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created Nov 02, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 0


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