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Genome of yellow fever/dengue fever mosquito sequenced

...egypti genome. For example, a transposable element named Feilai has more than 50,000 copies interspersed in the genome. By comparison, Anopheles gambiae, the malaria mosquito genome is probably less than 25 percent TEs. The Ae. aegypti genome is five times the size of the malaria mosquito genome. "Altho...

From the deep -- Researchers find new species of sea anemone

...ne unique attribute," Daly said. She and Gusmão named A. pearseae after Vicki Pearse, the naturalist who first collected the specimens during a cruise of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's research vessel the Western Flyer. Pearse is a research associate at the Institute of Marine Sciences a...

World's leading scientists announce creation of 'Encyclopedia of Life'

...cedented global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms of lif...sity Information Facility who today was officially named Executive Director of the Encyclopedia of Life. "Through collaboration, we all can increase our app...

Scientists discover 5 new species of sea slugs from the Tropical Eastern Pacific

...rom the Bahia de Santiago, Colima in Mexico and is named for Roberto Chavez, who provided assistance during...ny in La Gordornia, Guerrero, Mexico, and thus, is named for the boat. Cuthona millenae, named for Sandra Millen for her knowledge of Pacific nudibranchs...

For many insects, winter survival is in the genes

...o extremely high temperatures. The proteins are so named because they were initially discovered in fruit flies that were exposed to high heat. Humans make these proteins when we run a high fever. "But insects make these very same stress proteins during times of low temperature as well as during exposure...

Want to save polar bears? Follow the ice

...shrink as a result of global warming. In a project named "Warm Waters for Cool Bears," WCS will use both current and historical satellite imagery to predict where sea ice is likely to persist and where subsequent conservation efforts to save the species will be most effective. The new project will be fun...

Mutating the entire genome

...hromosome in a second mouse, which also has a gene named Cre in its cells. When the mice are bred, an offsp...on with a “transposon” or so-called “jumping gene” named piggyBac, which comes from a moth. They used piggyBac to insert pieces of loxP DNA randomly into num...

CT scan reveals ancient long-necked gliding reptile

...tures are now known. The new gliding reptile is named Mecistrotrachelos apeoros meaning "soaring, long-n...es. Because this fossil has been identified and named from CT scan, one benefit is that the bones themselves have not been destroyed or even moved. Exact ...

Newly found sensing system enables certain bacteria to resist human immune defenses

...salmonellosis—a sensory and gene regulation system named PhoP/PhoQ protects invading bacteria, and scientists believe if they develop a better understanding of this system they could develop new drugs that are more effective at protecting people from infection. Likewise, now Dr. Otto and his research gr...

New bacterium discovered -- related to cause of trench fever

...d recurrent fevers. The new species, recently named Bartonella rochalimae, is also closely related to the bacterium identified about 10 years ago as the cause of cat scratch disease: Bartonella henselae, which infects more than 25,000 people a year in the U.S. The discovery is reported in the June ...

How to lose weight and not go hungry: HU researcher develops drug that mimics feeling of 'fullness'

...ganic Chemistry at the Hebrew University, has been named a first place winner of a Kaye Innovation Award, which was presented today (June 6) during the 70th meeting of the Hebrew University Board of Governors. Linde and his associates have developed a compound that mimics the activity of the naturally ...

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