Proper chromosome segregation into two future daughter cells requires the mitotic spindle to elongate in anaphase. However, although some candidate proteins are implicated in this process, the molecular mechanism that drives ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 15, 2021
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In the northern sky in December is a beautiful cluster of stars known as the Pleiades, or the "seven sisters." Look carefully and you will probably count six stars. So why do we say there are seven of them?
Astronomy
Dec 22, 2020
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In the course of every single cell division, the genetic information on the chromosomes must be distributed equally between the newly developing daughter cells. The enzyme separase plays a decisive role in this process. Susanne ...
Evolution
Apr 10, 2020
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Two sisters have found a partially fossilized bear skull while kayaking the Arkansas River in south-central Kansas.
Archaeology
Oct 18, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Turku found that the presence of a maternal sister was positively and significantly associated with annual female reproduction in a population of working elephants in Myanmar. In addition, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2019
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The specific number of chromosomes is one of the defining characteristics of a species. Whilst the common fruit fly carries 8 chromosomes, the genome of bread wheat counts 42 chromosomes. In comparison, the human genome is ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 21, 2019
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Traveling around Europe in search of a new home after the dissolution of the monasteries must have been dramatic enough for England's oldest community of Bridgettine nuns. But a remarkable newly-catalogued letter shows they ...
Other
Mar 13, 2019
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Parents of teenage daughters might consider leaving the room to let their daughters talk about dating and sex.
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2018
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In most human societies, men pass on their worldly goods to their wife's children. But in about ten percent of societies, men transfer their wealth to their sister's sons, a process called matrilineal inheritance. A new study ...
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- Social birds that forgo breeding to help to raise the offspring of other group members are far more likely care for their own close relatives than for more distant kin, a new study has found.
Plants & Animals
Jul 11, 2012
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