Testis size matters for genome evolution
In many primates, females mate with multiple partners, causing an often-intense competition amongst males to pass along their DNA to be king of the genome as well as the jungle.
Evolution
Mar 5, 2014
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New software automates and improves phylogenomics from next-generation sequencing data
To reconstruct phylogenetic trees from next-generation sequencing data using traditional methods requires a time-consuming combination of bioinformatic procedures including genome assembly, gene prediction, orthology identification ...
Biotechnology
Mar 5, 2014
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Nano innovation could mean eye injections are a thing of the past
Drugs used to treat blindness-causing disorders could be successfully administered by eye drops rather than unpleasant and expensive eye injections, according to new research led by UCL scientists that could be a breakthrough ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 5, 2014
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Newsweek's print revival starts Friday
Newsweek magazine, online only since the end of 2012, will return to print starting Friday in the United States and Europe.
Business
Mar 5, 2014
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New dinosaur found in Portugal, largest terrestrial predator from Europe
A new dinosaur species found in Portugal may be the largest land predator discovered in Europe, as well as one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs from the Jurassic, according to a paper published in PLOS ONE on March 5, ...
Archaeology
Mar 5, 2014
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Human activity influences beach bacterial diversity
Human activity influences ocean beach bacterial communities, and bacterial diversity may indicate greater ecological health and resiliency to sewage contamination, according to results published March 5, 2014, in the open ...
Environment
Mar 5, 2014
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South Pacific Island's earliest inhabitants relied primarily on foraging, not horticulture
Early Lapita inhabitants of Vanuatu, a South Pacific Island, ate fish, marine turtles, and wild or domestic animals, rather than relying on horticulture during early colonization, according to a study published March 5, 2014, ...
Ecology
Mar 5, 2014
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Look back at US soybeans shows genetic improvement behind increased yields
Soybean improvement through plant breeding has been critical over the years for the success of the crop. In a new study that traces the genetic changes in varieties over the last 80 years of soybean breeding, researchers ...
Biotechnology
Mar 5, 2014
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Yahoo spurns Facebook and Google sign-in credentials
Yahoo on Wednesday confirmed that it will stop letting people sign into its online services using credentials from rival Internet titans Facebook or Google.
Internet
Mar 5, 2014
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Improving radiation therapies for cancer mathematically
In a paper published in December in the SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, authors Li-Tien Cheng, Bin Dong, Chunhua Men, Xun Jia, and Steve Jiang propose a method to optimize radiation therapy treatments in cancer patients.
Mathematics
Mar 5, 2014
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