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It started with a mystery and then a high-tech search. In the 1990s, Dr. Jonathan Zehr, an ocean ecologist at the University of California, found an eye-catching DNA sequence in the water samples he was studying. Analysis of the sequence…
Spring is a beautiful season of change. From our perspective we get to enjoy warmer weather, flowers blooming and wildlife returning. But there’s also tons of change going on beyond the surface! Inside plants and animals, tiny molecular switches control…
An genetic exciting study was recently published in which it was revealed that the population of the endangered Asian elephants in northern Cambodia is actually more robust and diverse than previously thought. This study was conducted by Fauna and Flora…
The model organism Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) are trailblazers. These tiny, transparent roundworms have played an outsized role in our study and understanding of life. Here are five scientific firsts that make these worms legendary: 1. First multicellular organism to…
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