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Study finds DNA barcoding requires caution without closer examination
Jun 25, 2009 |
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The goal of DNA barcoding is to find a simple, cheap, and rapid DNA assay that can be converted to a readily accessible technical skill that bypasses the need to rely on highly trained taxonomic specialists for identifications ...
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New bee checklist lets scientists link important information about all bee species
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Jun 18, 2008 |
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In time for National Pollinator Week, June 22 through June 28, biologists have completed an online effort to compile a world checklist of bees. They have identified nearly 19,500 bee species worldwide, about 2,000 more than ...
Researcher looks for answers about unique disease-resistant gene
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Virginia Tech faculty member Bingyu Zhao is investigating a disease-resistant gene in corn that prevents bacteria from invading distantly related plant species.
Online collaboration identifies bacteria
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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A new website has been launched which allows scientists everywhere to collaborate on the identification of bacterial strains. This new resource, described in the open access journal BMC Biology, provides a portal for electr ...
Study: Traditional police lineups valuable
Mar 29, 2006 |
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A three-city study by Chicago police suggests traditional methods of identifying suspects might produce better results than newer techniques.
Bee species outnumber mammals and birds combined
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Jun 11, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered that there are more bee species than previously thought. In the first global accounting of bee species in over a hundred years, John S. Ascher, a research scientist in the Division of Invertebrate ...
Europe's flora is becoming impoverished
Dec 11, 2009 |
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With increasing species richness, due to more plant introductions than extinctions, plant communities of many European regions are becoming more homogeneous. The same species are occurring more frequently, ...
New species of ghostshark from California and Baja California
Sep 22, 2009 |
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New species are not just discovered in exotic locales -- even places as urban as California still yield discoveries of new plants and animals. Academy scientists recently named a new species of chimaera, an ...
Moths cloaked in color
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Travelers to the neotropics -- the tropical lands of the Americas -- might be forgiven for thinking that all of the colorful insects flittering over sunny puddles or among dense forest understory are butterflies. ...
New guide to sharks and rays of Indonesia
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Feb 28, 2007 |
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At least 20 new species have been discovered in the first comprehensive survey of Indonesia's sharks and rays since the 1850s.
Identifying Canadian freshwater fish through DNA barcodes
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Jun 18, 2008 |
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New research by Canadian scientists, led by Nicolas Hubert at the Université Laval in Québec and published in this week's PLoS ONE brings some good news for those interested in the conservation of a number of highly-endangered ...
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