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ADHD an advantage for nomadic tribesmen?
... published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. Scientists have shown that an ADHD-associated version of the gene DRD4 is associated with better ...The Upside of ADHD
... to success. A new study in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology says that DRD4, the gene frequently associated with ADHD, behaves differently across environments ...Limb loss in lizards -- evidence for rapid evolution
... published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology shows that several species of these skinks have rapidly evolved an elongate, limbless body ...Sperm size isn't everything
... published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology has shown that in the counter-intuitive microscopic world in which sperm operate, streamlining and longer ...Find the aphid
... published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology has shown that parasitoid wasps are likely to attack the empty shells, resulting in a lower ...A good night's sleep protects against parasites
... published in the open-access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. The question of why we sleep has long puzzled scientists. Brian Preston from the Max ...Scientists uncover evolutionary keys to common birth disorders
... informed disease markers," was published in BMC Evolutionary Biology January 14, 2009. This research was led by Dr. Peter Jezewski at The Forsyth ...Inbreeding insects cast light on longer female lifespans
... described in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have shown that, in seed beetles, inbreeding causes males to live longer, while ...Shape-shifting coral evade identification
... writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have used genetic markers to examine coral groupings and investigate how these markers relate to alterations ...Homebody queen ants help preserve family ties in large populations
... , writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology, have investigated this question in alpine wood ants. Michel Chapuisat, Laurent Keller ...Time record of marine species formation in the Baltic Sea
... . The discovery is being published in an article in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/70/abstractUnusually large family of green fluorescent proteins discovered in marine creature
... , described in the journal BioMed Central (BMC) Evolutionary Biology, was made in Branchiostoma floridae, an amphioxus species collected off Tampa, Fla ...Male flies: Not the world's most sensitive lovers
... writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have shown that females engaged in extended intercourse wait longer before they mate ...Birds with a nose for a difference
... writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology now report that it also occurs in a strictly monogamous species of bird, suggesting that the black ...Inbred bumblebees less successful
... writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have provided the first proof that inbreeding reduces colony fitness under natural ...
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