As an embryo develops from a little glob of primitive cells, it patterns itself into precise, spatially organized regions and tissues. This requires that individual cells coordinate with one another over long distances by ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 14, 2018
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The difference between webbed toes and distinct digits may result from how genes regulate genetic information. Researchers at the National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 25, 2018
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When the humble hedgehog was crowned "Britain's national species" in a BBC Wildlife Magazine poll and "Britain's favourite mammal" in a Royal Society of Biology poll, no doubt, sentimentalised memories of Beatrix Potter's ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2018
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital molecular biologists have identified an enzyme that activates and "supercharges" cellular machinery that controls how cells become specialized cells in the body.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 6, 2017
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University of Oregon biologists have figured out how zebrafish perfectly regenerate amputated fins with a precisely organized skeleton.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 28, 2017
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The public have been urged to help solve the mystery of why one of Britain's best-loved animals, the hedgehog, is in decline.
Ecology
Oct 24, 2016
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About 150 million years ago, snakes roamed about on well-developed legs. Now, two University of Florida researchers have discovered how snakes' legs eventually disappeared.
Plants & Animals
Oct 20, 2016
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A species that is 15 million years old, hedgehogs have survived all kinds of environmental changes over the years, including urbanisation. Surprisingly, cities have often been found to have higher hedgehog populations than ...
Ecology
Jul 4, 2016
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There's now more than just anecdotal evidence that England's hedgehog population is feeling the squeeze. In the past 55 years, there has been a moderate decline of up to 7.4 percent in the areas they frequent, says Anouschka ...
Ecology
May 12, 2016
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Latest analysis shows that human limbs share a genetic programme with the gills of cartilaginous fishes such as sharks and skates, providing evidence to support a century-old theory on the origin of limbs that had been widely ...
Evolution
Apr 19, 2016
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