News tagged with segmented worms
Peanut worm no longer recognized as separate group
Recent molecular phylogenetic analysis has shown that the marine animals known as peanut worms are not a separate phylum, but are definitely part of the family of annelids, also known as segmented worms. This ...
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Animals that seem identical may be completely different species
Animals that seem identical may belong to completely different species. This is the conclusion of researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, who have used DNA analyses to discover that one of our ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Polar quest: Will Antarctic worms warm to changing climate?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Delaware are examining tiny worms that inhabit the frigid sea off Antarctica to learn not only how these organisms adapt to the severe cold, but how they will ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2011 |
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From blue whales to earthworms, a common mechanism gives shape to living beings
Why don't our arms grow from the middle of our bodies? The question isn't as trivial as it appears. Vertebrae, limbs, ribs, tailbone ... in only two days, all these elements take their place in the embryo, ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Barcodes refocus understanding of ecosystems
You're probably familiar with barcodes, those black and white stripes on most store items that bring about the familiar "beep" when scanned at checkout. They determine whether a scanned item is a gallon of ...
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Fossil of giant ancient sea predator discovered (w/ video)
Paleontologists have discovered that a group of remarkable ancient sea creatures existed for much longer and grew to much larger sizes than previously thought, thanks to extraordinarily well-preserved fossils ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 25, 2011 |
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Serotonin and heat play a role in leeches abilities
(PhysOrg.com) -- In two new studies published in Biology Letters, researchers have looked at the blood-sucking leeches and how serotonin and heat play a role in their ability to move and digest food after ...
May 12, 2011 |
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Beetle explorers name new species for Roosevelt
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new species of a rugged darkling beetle that thrives in an arid region of the Chihuahuan Desert is being named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt on the 100th anniversary of a speech he gave ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Bizarre squidworm discovered
The bizarre, newly-revealed squidworm -- a free-swimming worm with up to 10 squid-like limbs -- is one of a host of strange discoveries that await scientists in the vast, largely unexplored spaces of the deep ...
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Image of mosquito's heart wins first place in Nikon's 'Small World' photomicrography competition
A fluorescent image of the heart of a mosquito taken by a Vanderbilt graduate student has captured first place in Nikon's "Small World" 2010 photomicrography competition.
Oct 15, 2010 |
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Study finds protein that sets the stage for exchanges of DNA code in eggs and sperm
A team led by a scientist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has discovered a regulatory protein that influences where genetic material gets swapped between maternal and paternal chromosomes during the process ...
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Global health vs. global wealth: Looming choice for health firms in developing countries
The lure of greater profits elsewhere in the world may divert bio-pharmaceutical firms in developing countries from the creation and distribution of affordable drugs, vaccines and diagnostics for illnesses of local concern, ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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