Male deer stain their bellies according to their competitive context
Credit: University of Córdoba When it is time for mating season, the period when red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) are ...
Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology
Genes linked to sex ratio and male fertility in mice
Michigan Medicine researchers find genes that help maintain the 50-50 balance between male and female offspringCredit: Leila Mullison, University of ...
Embryo’s early development revealed in a dish
Unique Rice platform helps bioscientists learn how ectoderm cells begin to differentiateCredit: Warmflash Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 17, 2019) ...
Faulty signalling pathway linked to congenital heart condition
Faulty signalling pathway causes the heart to develop unnaturally while in the embryo stage, according to Duke-NUS Medical School researchersCredit: ...
Pitt study: Sexual selection alone could spark formation of new species
Animals that seek mates and fight rivals that resemble parents could eventually set stage for new speciesCredit: Richards-Zawacki Lab PITTSBURGH--A ...
Old friends and new enemies: How evolutionary history can predict insect invader impacts
Credit: Jeff Garnas/University of New Hampshire About 450 nonnative, plant-eating insect species live in North American forests. Most of these ...
UNH researchers find climate change increases risk of mercury contamination
Credit: Credit: Florencia Fahnestock/UNH DURHAM, N.H.--As global temperatures continue to rise, the thawing of permafrost in Arctic areas is being ...
Warmer nights prompt forest birds to lay eggs earlier in spring
Credit: Gergana Daskalova As climate change continues to cause temperatures to rise, the breeding patterns of birds such as blue ...
Findings bridge knowledge gap between pheromone sensitivity and courtship
Study in flies links fertility and the response strength of pheromone-sensing neuronsCredit: UC San Diego Just as humans use their ...
Natural loss of foot muscle in rodents shares mechanisms often associated with disease and injury
New discovery around the evolutionary loss of foot muscles in the lesser Egyptian jerboa challenges expectations of how developmental tissue ...
Piranha fish swap old teeth for new simultaneously
Credit: University of Washington Piranha fish have a powerful bite. Their teeth help them shred through the flesh of their ...
Monkeys can also thank their body for vocal development, not only their brain
Credit: University of Southern Denmark Normally we think about the brain as an all-controlling organ that guides the development of ...
Researchers describe a survival strategy in living corals which was only seen in fossil records
Heatwaves in the MediterraneanCredit: Diego Kersting Some corals can recover after massive mortality episodes caused by the water temperature rise. ...
Carnivorous plant study captures universal rules of leaf making
Credit: Karen Lee, Yohei Koide, John Fozard and Claire Bushell. Leaves display a remarkable range of forms from flat sheets ...
Gut immunity more developed before birth than previously thought
Findings could help develop new maternal vaccines and reveal the baby's risk of autoimmune diseasesCredit: Cell Press/Konnikova Lab Most biology ...
Plant death may reveal genetic mechanisms underlying cell self-destruction
Loss of protein homeostasis is involved in programmed cell death during hybrid lethality in plantsCredit: Tetsuya Yamada, TUAT Hybrid plants ...
Placenta transit of an environmental estrogen
Researchers show path of zearalenone through the womb using new technologyCredit: © University of Vienna The human foetus is considered ...
Threshold-dependent gene drives in wild populations
Credit: James Gathany The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. By altering the ...
Researchers are finding molecular mechanisms behind women’s biological clock
Credit: Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen Researchers have mapped out some of the mechanisms that may ...
Mapping normal breast development to better understand cancer
Salk scientists profile each cell in developing breast tissue and create a web database to aid researchCredit: Salk Institute LA ...