Will lockdown loneliness make us loners?
Researchers at UCL find reduced social preference in isolated zebrafish is caused by stress and anxiety, not observed anti-social patterns.Credit: ...
Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology
Living near oil and gas wells may increase preterm birth risk
Credit: Photo credit: David Gonzalez Living in close proximity to oil and gas operations may increase the risk of preterm ...
Recycling old genes to get new traits — How social behavior evolves in bees
Credit: Callum Kingwell A team working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) found evidence to support a long-debated mode ...
Newly identified gene reduces pollen number of plants
Credit: Misako Yamazaki Already in the 19th century Charles Darwin recognized that the number of male gametes - pollen for ...
Molecular landscape of the hematopoietic stem cell cradle
Credit: Laurent Yvernogeau, copyright Hubrecht Institute Researchers from the group of Catherine Robin at the Hubrecht Institute characterized the molecular ...
Childhood trauma affects the timing of motherhood
Credit: Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive Women who have experienced childhood trauma become mothers earlier than those with a more stable ...
Mothers ensure their offspring’s success through epigenetics
Researchers discover that mother's active epigenetic modifications drive gene activation in the offspringCredit: © MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, M. ...
Discovery of a novel gene involved in DNA damage repair and male fertility
Clarifying the mechanisms for meiotic recombination in sperm productionCredit: Dr. Kei-ichiro Ishiguro A research group from the Institute of Molecular ...
Small see-through container improves plant micrografting
Credit: The Plant Journal A type of plant grafting needing a tremendous amount of precision and skill has now been ...
Researchers find pronghorn exhibit little genetic variation despite landscape obstacles
Credit: Adele Reinking A University of Wyoming researcher led a study that showed Wyoming pronghorn exhibit little-to-no population genetic differentiation ...
Immune cells multiply and diversify in mouse lungs at birth
A rapid increase in the number and types of immune cells in the lungs of mice after birth may aid ...
When determining sex, exceptions are the rule
Credit: Jacelyn Shu / Genome Biology and Evolution For nearly a century, biologists have modeled the evolution of sex chromosomes--the ...
Gene found that causes eyes to wither in cavefish
University of Maryland-led study identified the first gene responsible for eye loss in cavefish, revealing connection to a human vascular ...
Big vegetarians of the reef drive fish evolution
Credit: Victor Huertas A new study reveals the diets of reef fish dictate how fast different species evolve. The breakthrough ...
In chimpanzees, females contribute to the protection of the territory
Female chimpanzees are also important in helping to win and keep a territoryCredit: Liran Samuni In many social species, including ...
Warming climate is changing where birds breed
Migratory behavior and winter geography drive differential range shifts of eastern birds in response to recent climate changeCredit: Credit: Clark ...
Scientists find optimal age of stem cells
Biophysicists identify 'window of opportunity' to restore heart tissue with stem cellsCredit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Biophysicists from the Moscow ...
High-strain exercise linked to very early pregnancy loss
UMass Amherst scientists advance research in physical activity and the earliest stages of pregnancyCredit: UMass Amherst In women with a ...
Honeybees: Pesticides disrupt nursing behavior and larval development
Unique long-term videos show the bee nursery in the hiveCredit: Paul Siefert/Bee Research Institute Oberursel/Goethe University Frankfurt A newly developed ...
Similar to humans, chimpanzees develop slowly
Chimpanzees need more than five years to acquire key skillsCredit: Tatiana Bortolato, Taï Chimpanzee Project Few species develop as slowly ...