Science news articles about 'bmc evolutionary biology'

  • Scientists uncover evolutionary keys to common birth disorders

    ... reveal phylogenomically informed disease markers," was published in BMC Evolutionary Biology January 14, 2009. This research was led by Dr. Peter Jezewski at The Forsyth Institute, and was ...
  • ADHD an advantage for nomadic tribesmen?

    ... of Kenyan nomads, according to new research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. Scientists have shown that an ADHD-associated version of the gene DRD4 is associated with ...
  • The Upside of ADHD

    ... for nomads, it might be the key to success. A new study in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology says that DRD4, the gene frequently associated with ADHD, behaves differently across environments, and ...
  • Limb loss in lizards -- evidence for rapid evolution

    ... changes in body shape over geologically brief periods. Research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology shows that several species of these skinks have rapidly ...
  • Sperm size isn't everything

    ... determine how fast it can swim. Research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology has shown that in the counter-intuitive microscopic world in which sperm operate, streamlining ...
  • Find the aphid

    ... some measure of protection from parasites. Research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology has shown that parasitoid wasps are likely to attack the empty shells, resulting in a ...
  • A good night's sleep protects against parasites

    ... to a study published in the open-access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. The question of why we sleep has long puzzled scientists. Brian Preston from the Max Planck Institute for ...
  • Inbreeding insects cast light on longer female lifespans

    ... can unexpectedly extend male lifespan. Insect experiments described in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have shown that, in seed beetles, inbreeding causes males ...
  • Shape-shifting coral evade identification

    ... it difficult to assign them to different species. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have used genetic markers to examine coral groupings and ...
  • Homebody queen ants help preserve family ties in large populations

    ... nests contain hundreds of queens? Researchers, writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology, have investigated this question in alpine wood ants. Michel Chapuisat, Laurent Keller and ...
  • Time record of marine species formation in the Baltic Sea

    ... Department of Marine Ecology. The discovery is being published in an article in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/70/abstract
  • Unusually large family of green fluorescent proteins discovered in marine creature

    ... burrowed in ocean sand. The discovery, described in the journal BioMed Central (BMC) Evolutionary Biology, was made in Branchiostoma floridae, an amphioxus species collected off Tampa, Fla. Amphioxus ...
  • Male flies: Not the world's most sensitive lovers

    ... copulate for much longer than the females would like. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have shown that females engaged in extended intercourse wait ...
  • Birds with a nose for a difference

    ... shorebirds, mice and sand lizards. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology now report that it also occurs in a strictly monogamous species of bird, suggesting that ...
  • Inbred bumblebees less successful

    ... spiral of further decline. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have provided the first proof that inbreeding reduces colony fitness under natural conditions by ...

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