News tagged with paired appendages
Research links evolution of fins and limbs with that of gills
Mar 23, 2009 |
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The genetic toolkit that animals use to build fins and limbs is the same genetic toolkit that controls the development of part of the gill skeleton in sharks, according to research to be published in Proceedings of ...
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Origin of claws seen in 390-million-year-old fossil
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 05, 2009 |
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A missing link in the evolution of the front claw of living scorpions and horseshoe crabs was identified with the discovery of a 390 million-year-old fossil by researchers at Yale and the University of Bonn, ...
No such thing as a 'born leader,' study in fish finds
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Jan 29, 2009 |
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Followers are just as important to good leadership as are the leaders themselves, reveals a new study of stickleback fish published online on January 29th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
Forgotten but not gone - how the brain takes care of things
Nov 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to our ability to learn and to remember, we can perform tasks that other living things can not even dream of. However, we are only just beginning to get the gist of what really goes ...
Researchers tackle protein mechanisms behind limb regeneration
Dec 14, 2009 |
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The most comprehensive study to date of the proteins in a species of salamander that can regrow appendages may provide important clues to how similar regeneration could be induced in humans.
New computer models successfully link donors and kidney transplant patients
Mar 11, 2009 |
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New computer models can now link strangers in a life-saving chain of kidney transplants, promising to increase the number of transplants and overcome obstacles posed by logistics or donors who renege, a team of researchers ...
Researchers find monkeys enjoy giving to others
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Aug 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have shown capuchin monkeys, just like humans, find giving to be a satisfying experience. This finding comes on the coattails of a recent imaging ...
Scientists discover evolutionary origin of fins, limbs
Jul 27, 2006 |
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Performance on the dance floor may not always show it, but people are rarely born with two left feet. We have genes that instruct our arms and legs to grow in the right places and point in the right directions. They also ...
Self monitoring of blood glucose levels helps patients with diabetes
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) enables those with diabetes to modify their behavior, adjust their medicine and understand their disease to better manage it, according to a recent study, published by SAGE in The Di ...
I totally empathize with you ... sometimes: Effects of empathy on ethnic group interactions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Increased empathy toward minority group members is one way to reduce prejudice and promote more positive inter-group relationships. When individuals take on the perspective of someone from a different group, a number of processes ...
Friendship influences eating behavior, particularly when friends are overweight
Aug 03, 2009 |
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A new study of childhood obesity in the United States has found that some social factors, such as the presence of friends, may put overweight youths at greater risk of overeating.
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