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A bug’s (sex) life: Diving beetles offer unexpected clues about sexual selection

February 6, 2012
Studying female reproductive tracts and sperm in diving beetles ( Dytiscidae ), researchers from the University of Arizona and Syracuse University have obtained a glimpse into a bizarre and amazing world of sperm that can take on a variety of forms including joining together into conglomerates that navigate the ...

Meet the beetles: Social networks provide clues to natural selection

January 31, 2012
Think of them as a group of guys, hanging out together, but not spending much time with the ladies, nor getting much "action." Except these "guys" are forked fungus beetles.

Teaching skills key to selection of a successful model farmer

November 15, 2011
Nairobi, 15 November 2011 Farmer trainers should be selected based on their interest and ability to teach others rather than on their successes in implementing farming techniques, shows a new study led by Steve Franzel, a scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). In the study ...

Novel link between cell surface sugars, Darwinian sexual selection, and immune function

October 11, 2011
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say that losing the ability to make a particular kind of sugar molecule boosted disease protection in early hominids, and may have directed the evolutionary emergence of our ancestors, the genus Homo.

Sexual Selection By Sugar Molecule Helped Determine Human Origins

October 11, 2011
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say that losing the ability to make a particular kind of sugar molecule boosted disease protection in early hominids, and may have directed the evolutionary emergence of our ancestors, the genus Homo...

Sexual selection by sugar molecule helped determine human origins

October 10, 2011
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say that losing the ability to make a particular kind of sugar molecule boosted disease protection in early hominids, and may have directed the evolutionary emergence of our ancestors, the genus Homo.

Sexual selection by sugar molecule helped determine human origins

October 10, 2011
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say that losing the ability to make a particular kind of sugar molecule boosted disease protection in early hominids, and may have directed the evolutionary emergence of our ancestors, the genus Homo . The findings, ...

Sexual selection by sugar molecule helped determine human origins

October 10, 2011
(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say that losing the ability to make a particular kind of sugar molecule boosted disease protection in early hominids, and may have directed the evolutionary emergence of our ancestors, the genus Homo.

MCC board of directors change country selection criteria

October 7, 2011
Blog posts in the Center for Global Development's "Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Blog" and "ONE Blog" examine the outcome of the recent Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) board of directors meeting, highlighting changes to the selection criteria MCC uses to assess candidate countries' eligibility for funding.

Brawn and speed make the grade during mate selection

September 12, 2011
Do more efficient and faster male birds win females over? New research from the United Kingdom suggests that the rock ptarmigan, the Arctic cousin of the grouse, does. University of Manchester researchers have found that male rock ptarmigans run up to 50% faster than females, making them significantly more efficient ...

Abbott Receives FDA Approval For ALK Gene Test For Lung Cancer Therapy Selection

August 27, 2011
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new molecular diagnostic test designed to detect rearrangements of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The new Abbott Vysis ALK Break Apart FISH Probe test is ...

Avila Announces Selection Of Clinical Drug Candidate In EGFR Mutant-Selective Inhibitor Alliance With Clovis Oncology

June 9, 2011
Avila Therapeutics, Inc. a biotechnology company developing targeted covalent drugs that treat diseases through protein silencing, announced that it has achieved a significant goal in its alliance with Clovis Oncology, Inc. Together, the partners have selected a drug candidate to advance into clinical development from the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor ...