News tagged with male lifespan

'Paranoia' about rivals alters insect mating behavior

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that male fruitflies experience a type of 'paranoia' in the presence of another male, which doubles the length of time they mate with a female, despite the female of the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Inbreeding insects cast light on longer female lifespans

Inbreeding can unexpectedly extend male lifespan. Insect experiments described in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have shown that, in seed beetles, inbreeding causes males to live longer, while shortening ...

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In autism, gene findings may help explain biology, guide drug discovery

(Medical Xpress) -- Autism and related disorders that profoundly affect behavior and development are diagnosed more often today than ever before.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Gene regulator in brain's executive hub tracked across lifespan

For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain's executive hub. Among key findings ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A mighty revealing mouse

Ten years ago, when Prof. Neville Pillay first started investigating the semi-desert-dwelling African striped mouse or Rhabdomys in the Goegap Nature Reserve near Springbok, Northern Cape, he never anticipated ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists reveal how females store sperm for decades

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that all sorts of females – from birds to reptiles to insects – have a nifty trick to prolong the lifespan of sperm, letting them store it for weeks, months ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Trapping butterfly wings' qualities

Butterflies have inspired humans since the time of ancient Egypt, but now they're also inspiring researchers to look toward nature to help create the next generation of waterproof materials for electronics ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Genetic predisposition to disease common in two supercentenarians: study

The first-ever published whole-genome sequences of not just one, but two supercentenarians, aged more than 114 years, reveal that both unusual and common genetic phenomena contribute to the genetic background of extreme human ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Complex sex life of goats could have implications for wildlife management

A new study of the mating habits of mountain goats reveals the vastly different strategies of males in different populations and could shed light on the unseen impacts of hunting.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parasite lives 'double life'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists keen to understand and preserve global biodiversity have been quietly going about a mammoth task: indexing the world’s known species.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Our brains are made of the same stuff, despite DNA differences

Despite vast differences in the genetic code across individuals and ethnicities, the human brain shows a "consistent molecular architecture," say researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health. ...

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Protein family key to aging, cancer

The list of aging-associated proteins known to be involved in cancer is growing longer, according to research by investigators at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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