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Introns: A mystery renewed

Introns: A mystery renewed

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The sequences of nonsense DNA that interrupt genes could be far more important to the evolution of genomes than previously thought, according to a recent Science report by Indiana University Bloomington and ...


UW-Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- On Sept. 11, a standard cruise on Lake Mendota's University Bay began for students in University of Wisconsin-Madison's Zoology 315, a course that introduces them to the study of lakes. With the sampling ...


Daphnia Galeata

Jurassic Park from a Swiss lake?

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Ecological changes caused by humans affect natural biodiversity. For example, the eutrophication of Greifensee and Lake Constance in the 1970s and 1980s led to genetic changes in a species of water flea which ...


Reservoirs promote spread of aquatic invasive species

Reservoirs promote spread of aquatic invasive species

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest "damming" evidence suggests that manmade reservoirs are facilitating the spread of invasive species in Wisconsin lakes.


Genes could solve pollution mysteries

Genes could solve pollution mysteries

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time identified environmental pollutants by looking at the genes of a small, freshwater crustacean. This new gene-based ...