News tagged with sea lamprey
Sea lampreys jettison one-fifth of their genome
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that the sea lamprey, which emerged from jawless fish first appearing 500 million years ago, dramatically remodels its genome. Shortly after a fertilized lamprey ...
Chemical come-on successfully lures lovesick lampreys to traps
Jan 21, 2009 |
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A synthetic chemical version of what male sea lampreys use to attract spawning females can lure them into traps and foil the mating process of the destructive invasive species, according to Michigan State ...
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Evolution of a contraceptive for sea lamprey
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In addition to providing fundamental insights into the early evolution of the estrogen receptor, research by a team at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine may lead to ...
Sea lamprey up in Lake Superior
Aug 27, 2005 |
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The number of sea lamprey has nearly doubled in western Lake Superior in the past year, according to Minnesota and U.S. wildlife officials.
Study finds way to cut sea lamprey numbers
Oct 03, 2005 |
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Minnesota scientists say they've found a way to reduce sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes by attracting them to areas where they can be sterilized.
Ancient Chinese lampreys are studied
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Jun 21, 2006 |
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The fossilized remains of two tiny freshwater lampreys have been found in Inner Mongolia, China, each about 125 million years old.
Researchers find the root of the evolutionary emergence of vertebrates
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Feb 11, 2008 |
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Dartmouth College researchers and colleagues from the University of Bristol in the U.K. have traced the beginnings of complex life, i.e. vertebrates, to microRNA. The researchers argue that the evolution of microRNAs, which ...
Ancient Jawless Vertebrates Used Novel Immune Responses
Dec 22, 2005 |
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Researchers recently discovered that the sea lamprey, a modern representative of ancient jawless vertebrates, fights invading pathogens by generating up to 100 trillion unique receptors. These receptors, referred ...
Researchers help unlock the secrets of gene regulatory networks
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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A quartet of studies by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) highlight a special feature on gene regulatory networks recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) ...
Feds give sea otters habitat protection in Alaska
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Four years after being placed on the Endangered Species List, the dwindling sea otters of southwest Alaska on Wednesday were given an important recovery tool.
Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat
Nov 17, 2009 |
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A new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high tide as buffer against potentially damaging ...
Rising sea levels are increasing the risk of flooding along the south coast of England
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Oct 09, 2009 |
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A new study by researchers at the University of Southampton has found that sea levels have been rising across the south coast of England over the past century, substantially increasing the risk of flooding ...
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