News articles tagged with 'diversity'
A new model for understanding biodiversity
— 21 Nov 2011 19:22 | BiologyAnimals like foxes and raccoons are highly adaptable. They move around and eat everything from insects to eggs. They and other 'generalist feeders' like them may also be crucial to…
Climate change and evolution of Cross River gorillas
— 1 Apr 2011 16:24 | EnvironmentTwo species of gorillas live in central equatorial Africa. Divergence between the Western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) and Eastern Gorillas (G. beringei) began between 0.9 and 1.6 million…
Research shows not only the fittest survive
— 28 Mar 2011 15:17 | BiologyDarwin's notion that only the fittest survive has been called into question by new research published 27 March 2011 in Nature…
Exploring religion, youth and sexuality
— 28 Feb 2011 16:37 | HealthSexuality and religion are generally considered uncomfortable bedfellows. Now, for the first time, a team of researchers from Nottingham have carried out a detailed study around these…
New study shows marine 'networks' can protect fish stocks
— 26 Feb 2011 17:03 | EnvironmentUniversity of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science faculty were part of an international scientific team to show that strong links between the corals reefs…
Entire T-cell receptor repertoire sequenced revealing extensive and unshared diversity
— 24 Feb 2011 19:56 | HealthT-cell receptor diversity in blood samples from healthy individuals has been extensively catalogued for the first time in a study published online today in Genome Research (www.genome.org),…
Subtle shifts, not major sweeps, drove human evolution
— 18 Feb 2011 17:23 | BiologyThe most popular model used by geneticists for the last 35 years to detect the footprints of human evolution may overlook more common subtle changes, a new international study finds…
Mini or massive? For turtles and tortoises, it all depends on where you live
— 2 Feb 2011 16:13 | BiologyBiologists from the UCLA Division of Life Sciences have reported the first quantitative evidence for an evolutionary link between habitat and body size in turtles and tortoises…
Wealth of orchid varieties is down to busy bees and helpful fungi, says study
— 31 Jan 2011 16:31 | BiologyScientists have discovered why orchids are one of the most successful groups of flowering plants - it is all down to their relationships with the bees that pollinate them and the fungi…
LSU's Mark Batzer decodes orangutan genome
— 27 Jan 2011 18:44 | BiologyThe word 'orangutan' is derived from a Malay phrase meaning 'man of the forest,' which is a perfectly apt description of these tree-dwelling primates. Genetically the most distant great…