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Your Christmas tree and its genome have remained very much the same over the last 100 million years 20 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
A study published by Universit� Laval researchers and their colleagues from the Canadian Forest Service reveals that the genome of conifers such as spruce, pine, and fir has remained very much the sam...
Prickly holly reveals ability to adapt genetics to environmental change 19 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
Prickly holly leaves are a traditional Christmas decoration, from wreaths adorning homes, to greeting card scenes. Yet, look closer at a holly tree and while some leaves are prickly, others are not. S...
Researchers propose new way to look at the dawn of life 18 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
One of the great mysteries of life is how it began. What physical process transformed a nonliving mix of chemicals into something as complex as a living cell? A novel approach to the question of life'...
Chemical analysis reveals first cheese making in Northern Europe in the 6th millennium BC 17 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
The first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Northern Europe made cheese more than 7,000 years ago is described in research by an international team of scientists, led by the University o...
Resurrection of extinct enzymes reveals evolutionary strategy for the invention of new functions 16 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
How does evolution innovate? We exist because our ancestors have had the ability to adapt successfully to changes in their environment; However, merely examining present-day organisms can limit our un...
Researchers find algal ancestor is key to how deadly pathogens proliferate 15 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
Long ago, when life on our planet was in its infancy, a group of small single-celled algae floating in the vast prehistoric ocean swam freely by beating whip-like tails, called flagella. It's a relati...
Advance in chromosomal evolution in sea cradles 14 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
A chromosomal study performed in a common Mediterranean chiton (sea cradle) provides information, relevant to systematic relationships of the species; furthermore the comparison of its karyotype with ...
Study finds epigenetics, not genetics, underlies homosexuality 13 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
Epigenetics -- how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches, called epi-marks -- appears to be a critical and overlooked factor contributing to the long-standing puzzle of why homosexuality ...
Research yields understanding of Darwin's 'abominable mystery' 12 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
Research by Indiana University paleobotanist David L. Dilcher and colleagues in Europe sheds new light on what Charles Darwin famously called "an abominable mystery": the apparently sudden appearance ...
From fish to man: Research reveals how fins became legs 11 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
Vertebrates' transition to living on land, instead of only in water, represented a major event in the history of life. Now, researchers reporting in the December issue of the Cell Press journal Develo...
