Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology

Researchers discover that a specialized part of the chromosomes, essential for a correct cell division, is smaller and weaker in ...

Continued climate change could spell disaster for many speciesCredit: Frank La Sorte, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca, NY--A new study ...

Credit: Kalle Tunström Butterflies have long captured our attention due to their amazing color diversity. But why are they so ...

Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton/Behavioral Ecology A new paper in Behavioral Ecology, published by Oxford University Press, finds that wild ...

Project using roundworms uncovers a mechanism that leads to male infertility caused by high temperaturesCredit: Image by Nicole Kurhanewicz EUGENE, ...

Study found no sign of inbreeding or 'extinction vortex' often linked to small populationsCredit: Vaquita CPR The critically endangered vaquita ...

Serotonin can act as a growth factor for the stem cells in the fetal human brain that determine brain sizeCredit: ...

Study will examine how gestational exposure to endocrine disruptors affects fetal outcomes for African Americans and white obstetrical populationsCredit: Michelle ...

Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c04936 According to the Mayo Clinic, about 15% of couples are infertile, and ...

Credit: University of Guam The newly published thesis research of University of Guam Master of Environmental Science graduate Benjamin Deloso ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify a novel mechanism by which mating affects the behavior of germline stem cellsCredit: ...

For the first time, scientists have added microscopic tracking devices into the interior of cells, giving a peek into how ...

Why zebra finches have problems with reproductionCredit: Drawing: Yifan Pe In birds and other species alike, pairs can face considerable ...

Iain Drummond, Ph.D., Will Study the Development of Kidney Replacement TissueCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI ...

Credit: Eric Koch Nearly every organism hosts a collection of symbiotic microbes--a microbiome. It is now recognized that microbiomes are ...

Silk so robust potential new genetic material toutedCredit: Professor Mark Elgar, the University of Melbourne An international collaboration has provided ...

Credit: LE Baskow The Columbia River is home to one of the West Coast's most important Chinook salmon runs. Through ...

Benoit Bruneau and Katie Pollard study DNA folding to identify the genetic causes of congenital heart diseaseCredit: Photo: Gladstone Institutes ...

Small molecule restores normal heart development in model organism with genetic disorderCredit: Greenwood Genetic Center Greenwood, SC (October 15, 2020) ...

Credit: Rebecca Terrett and Lauren Kelly, Ghazanfar Lab, Princeton University It's not a coincidence that dogs are cuter than wolves, ...