Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology

Data from the Morris Animal Foundation Golden Retriever Lifetime Study shows that inbreeding depression, the result of breeding closely-related individuals, ...

Hox gene is only part of what determines evolution of limbs, vertebrae in animalsCredit: Eden Wellesley McQueen The role of ...

Credit: Ad Meskens, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68621350 Cheetah experts in many zoos around the world are at a loss. Despite all their efforts, ...

Insulin signaling helps hungry mother worms make sure the next generation fares better in the face of famineCredit: Image courtesy ...

A new special report published by The Hastings Center reveals some harms, but too many variables for "one-size-fits-all" answers. For ...

Postdoctoral researcher Caitlin Taylor wins the 2019 Harvey L. Karp Discovery Award Imagine a molecule powerful enough to reconfigure your ...

Credit: 2019 KAUST Vinicius Lube Dates are one of the most significant fruit crops grown in the Middle East; however, ...

Skin coloration does not correlate with fertility, as previously thoughtCredit: Kyoto University/Lucie Rigaill Japan -- From peacocks to butterflies and ...

Japanese researchers reveal two enzymes responsible for inducing lean and obese statesCredit: Professor Mitsuyoshi Nakao The Developmental Origins of Health ...

Credit: Douglas Portman, University of Rochester Very little is known about how the onset of puberty is controlled in humans, ...

How do the communities of microbes living in our gastrointestinal systems affect our health? Baltimore, MD--How do the communities of ...

Scientists from the University of Bath are challenging the claims of two high profile papers from 2018 which reported that ...

Credit: Robert Whyte (Jotus fortiniae sp. nov., top row) and Michael Doe (unidentified species, bottom row), CeNak. New to science ...

City College of New York-led researchers have published a breakthrough in understanding previously unknown inner workings related to the lateralization ...

Credit: Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR Brazil's leatherback turtles are making a "gentle recovery" after 30 years of conservation efforts, ...

Fruits and veggies helped lower some birth complications for moms and babies, study finds A major 2009 revision to a ...

Credit: Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology at The Rockefeller University From a biological standpoint, the earliest stages ...

Credit: Andrea Manfrin, EPFL It's no surprise that using human embryos for biological and medical research comes with many ethical ...

Through investigation of the so-called 'Hippo pathway,' researchers at Osaka University have identified a key regulatory mechanism in the development ...

Study points to possible cell therapy for bronchopulmonary dysplasiaCredit: Cincinnati Children's Hospital CINCINNATI--Researchers suggest a possible cell-based therapy to stimulate ...