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Research highlights responsive mechanism of organisms against chromosome i
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A study led by an Iowa State University researcher on softshell turtles could possibly highlight an important evolutionary process in a number of different species worldwide. Check out how.
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Study sheds lights on new insights into the timeline of mammal evolution
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A new study, published today in the journal Nature, has provided the most detailed timeline of mammal evolution to date.
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Scientists study 155 new genes to see how humans continue to evolve
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Nearly 7 million years ago, modern humans diverged from our chimpanzee ancestors, yet we have since continued to evolve. Within the human lineage, 155 novel genes that spontaneously developed from little fragments of our DNA have been discovered. A handful of these "microgenes" are projected
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Study sheds light on the origin of complex life forms
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Researchers have succeeded in cultivating a special archaeon and characterizing it more precisely using microscopic methods. This member of the Asgard archaea exhibits unique cellular characteristics and may represent an evolutionary 'missing link' to more complex life forms such as animals
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Study reveals Climatic change doesn't necessarily bring evolution in speci
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a study published in the journal named 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences', researchers observed that long-held theories of climate change being drivers of evolutionary upheaval in species are not fully accurate.
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Study finds how humans continue to evolve with new genes
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Even though we diverged from our chimpanzee ancestors about 7 million years ago, we are still evolving today. The human lineage has 155 novel genes that spontaneously developed from little fragments of our DNA. Some of these novel "microgenes" are thought to be linked to diseases that are un
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Research finds how intensive agriculture turned wild plant into pervasive
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New research in Science is showing how the rise of modern agriculture has turned a North American native plant, the common water hemp, into a problematic agricultural weed.
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Plant study hints evolution may be predictable
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Evolution has long been viewed as a rather random process, with the traits of species shaped by chance mutations and environmental events and therefore largely unpredictable.
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Research helps to resolve evolutionary origins of the 'platypus of fungi'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
About 600 seemingly disparate fungi that never quite found a fit along the fungal family tree has been shown to have a common ancestor, according to a University of Alberta-led research team that used genome sequencing to give these peculiar creatures their own classification home.
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Researchers reveal stem cells used to generate mini-brains of last male Su
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers generated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and cerebral organoids from the last male Malaysian Sumatran rhino, according to a study published in the journal iScience on October 20. As noted by the authors, the organoids could contribute to knowledge about the evolutionary p
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500 million-year-old fossils unearth answers to many evolutionary riddles
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make skeletons looked like.
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Research: Vocal communication originated over 400 million years ago
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The use of vocalizations as a resource for communication is common among several groups of vertebrates: singing birds, croaking frogs, or barking dogs are some well-known examples.
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