News tagged with molecular evidence


100 reasons to change the way we think about genetics

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 14

For years, genes have been considered the one and only way biological traits could be passed down through generations of organisms. Not anymore.


Tree of Life

Darwin's Tree of Life May Be More Like a Thicket

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created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 2 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- In On The Origin of Species, Darwin used the image of a tree of life to illustrate how species evolve, one from another. Even today, branches sprouting from lower branches (representing ancest ...





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Molecular decay of enamel-specific gene in toothless mammals supports theory of evolution

Molecular Decay of Enamel-Specific Gene in Toothless Mammals Supports Theory of Evolution

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 42

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists at the University of California, Riverside report new evidence for evolutionary change recorded in both the fossil record and the genomes (or genetic blueprints) of living organisms, ...


Massive Stars Near the Galactic Center

Massive Stars Near the Galactic Center

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (14) | comments 7

The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of our galaxy is a giant complex of molecular gas and dust situated in the innermost 700 light-years of the Milky Way. Although the galaxy is over 100,000 light-years in size, ...


Molecular anchor links the 2 inheritable diseases Fanconi anemia and Bloom's syndrome

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study establishes a molecular link that bridges two rare inherited disorders and explains why these diseases result in genetic instability. The research, published by Cell Press in the December 24th issue of the journal ...


Getting on 'the GABA receptor shuttle' to treat anxiety disorders

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

There are increasingly precise molecular insights into ways that stress exposure leads to fear and through which fear extinction resolves these fear states. Extinction is generally regarded as new inhibitory learning, but ...


Natural-born divers and the molecular traces of evolution

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An aquatic lifestyle imposes serious demands for the organism, and this is true even for the tiniest molecules that form our body. When the ancestors of present marine mammals initiated their return to the oceans, their ...


Protein handlers should be effective treatment target for cancer and Alzheimer's

Protein handlers should be effective treatment target for cancer and Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancer and Alzheimer's have excess protein in common and scientists say learning more about how proteins are made and eliminated will lead to better treatment for both.


Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques

Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 16

Penguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica have provided extraordinary frozen DNA samples that challenge the accuracy of traditional genetic aging measurements, and suggest those approaches have been ...


Radio telescope images reveal planet-forming disk orbiting twin suns

Radio telescope images reveal planet-forming disk orbiting twin suns

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Astronomers are announcing today that a sequence of images collected with the Smithsonian's Submillimeter Array (SMA) clearly reveals the presence of a rotating molecular disk orbiting the young binary star ...


A group of orphaned Orangutans sit in a cage at the Wanariset Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre

Humans related to orangutans, not chimps

Biology / Evolution

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 13

New evidence underscores the theory of human origin that suggests humans most likely share a common ancestor with orangutans, according to research from the University of Pittsburgh and the Buffalo Museum of ...


Evolution still scientifically stable

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 13

An international team of researchers, including Monash University biochemists, has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution.



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