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Israeli researchers unravel mysteries of biodiversity
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Led by PhD student Tal Raz and Professor Shai Meiri of Tel Aviv University and Professor Uri Roll of Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, the researchers gave further confirmation that tropical regions near the equator serve as centers of high biodiversity for land vertebrates.
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Understanding evolutionary roots of preferences for sweet tastes
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A research team led by Associate Professor Hidenori Nishihara from Kindai University and Professor Yoshiro Ishimaru from Meiji University, Japan, have identified five new, previously undiscovered groups within the TAS1R family. This discovery is a result of a genome-wide survey of jawed vert
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Climate change played key role in dinosaur success story
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Climate change, rather than competition, played a key role in the ascendancy of dinosaurs through the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic periods.
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Despite peculiarities, conservation challenges similar in Madagascar, Braz
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Nature in Madagascar, an island off southeast Africa slightly larger than metropolitan France, is so unusual that 82 per cent of its plant species and 90 per cent of its vertebrates are endemic, only occurring there. Living amidst this unique biodiversity is a population so deprived that the
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DNA sequence helps in understanding origins of jaws: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered and characterised a DNA sequence found in jawed vertebrates, such as sharks and humans, but absent in jawless vertebrates, such as lampreys. This DNA is important for the shaping of the joint surfaces during embryo development.
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Neuroscientists look deep into the eyes of the octopus: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
By studying the visual system of an octopus, researchers hope to understand how its brain organization compares to that of humans and other vertebrates. Their results could provide insight into the evolution of visual systems across species.
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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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Research rewrites the evolutionary story of gills
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): Well before evolving to help vertebrates breathe underwater, gills played an early and equally important role in regulating the salt and pH balance of blood, according to surprising new research.
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Study: Changed gene expression after heart surgery extends cardiomyocyte r
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): A new study at the University of Alabama suggests that while lower vertebrates can repair their adult hearts after a heart attack, mammals and humans. The ability to regenerate dead muscle tissue in mammalian hearts disappears just a few days after birth becau
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Study finds gene linked to evolution of limb development
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lexington (Kentucky) [US], October 5 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine recently took part in a study that gives insight into how limb development evolved in the vertebrates.
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Study explores whether total number of living vertebrates' species can be
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 15 (ANI): During a recent study, professors in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences explored whether or not the scientific community will ever be able to settle on a 'total number' of living vertebrates' species, which might help with species preservation by
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Study shows influence of graphene nanoparticles on neurons
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): A new study shows that nanomaterials act on excitatory synapses, which interferes with the development of anxiety-related behaviours in vertebrates.
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