News articles tagged with 'evolutionary' (Page 2)
Mini or massive? For turtles and tortoises, it all depends on where you live
— 2 Feb 2011 16:13 | BiologyBiologists from the UCLA Division of Life Sciences have reported the first quantitative evidence for an evolutionary link between habitat and body size in turtles and tortoises…
A new appreciation of the ecology-evolution dynamic
— 29 Jan 2011 18:19 | EnvironmentEcology drives evolution. In today's issue of the journal Science, UC Davis expert Thomas Schoener describes growing evidence that the reverse is also true, and explores what that might…
High school biology teachers reluctant to endorse evolution in class
— 28 Jan 2011 17:18 | BiologyThe majority of public high school biology teachers are not strong classroom advocates of evolutionary biology, despite 40 years of court cases that have ruled teaching creationism…
Staying one strep ahead
— 28 Jan 2011 17:06 | HealthNew research provides the first detailed genetic picture of an evolutionary war between Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria and the vaccines and antibiotics used against it over recent…
Evolution by mistake
— 26 Jan 2011 19:10 | BiologyCharles Darwin based his groundbreaking theory of natural selection on the realisation that genetic variation among organisms is the key to evolution…
Nailing down a crucial plant signalling system
— 23 Jan 2011 19:35 | BiologyPlant biologists have discovered the last major element of the series of chemical signals that one class of plant hormones, called brassinosteroids, send from a protein on the surface…
With cloud computing, the mathematics of evolution may get easier to learn
— 21 Jan 2011 18:29 | TechnologyAn innovative, educational computing platform developed by University at Buffalo faculty members and hosted by the cloud (remote, high-capacity, scalable servers) is helping UB students…
SU scientists find that in the evolutionary mating game, brawn and stealth rule
— 3 Jan 2011 18:35 | BiologyWhen prowling for a hook up, it's not always the good-looker who gets the girl. In fact, in a certain species of South American fish, brawn and stealth beat out colourful and refined…
Extinctions, loss of habitat harm evolutionary diversity
— 18 Dec 2010 14:00 | EnvironmentA mathematically driven evolutionary snapshot of woody plants in four similar climates around the world has given scientists a fresh perspective on genetic diversity and threats posed…
What 'pine' cones reveal about the evolution of flowers
— 14 Dec 2010 20:57 | BiologyFrom southern Africa's pineapple lily to Western Australia's swamp bottlebrush, flowering plants are everywhere. Also called angiosperms, they make up 90 percent of all land-based,…