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Vertebrate Genomics
Vertebrates are animals with a backbone, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Vertebrate Genomics is a subspeciality of molecular biology focusing on the evolution, structure, and function of genes found in vertebrate animals.
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MAR 05, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are still debating exactly how and where humans fit on the evolutionary tree of great apes. A group of ancien ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In DNA, retrotransposons can move around and insert themselves into other parts of genomes with a kind of copy and paste ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2023Genetics & Genomics
How did cats evolve into so many different species, like tigers, panthers, and domestic cats? A new study has explored c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2023Genetics & Genomics
The Zoonomia project is an international effort to understand how a huge array of diverse creatures can arise from mamma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Genomes are constantly changing. Bacterial cells can easily share genes, and even cells in human can incorporate new DNA ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2023Microbiology
Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have found that a virus spread by ticks, P ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
While we may think of some bacteria as friendly and others as pathogenic, the situation can become very complex. Not onl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The human genome holds thousands of genes, and gene expression has to be carefully controlled in cells; the right gene m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2022Earth & The Environment
Gold miners working in the freezing Klondike gold mines in Canada's Yukon territory have made a discovery while excavati ...Written By: Timothy JamesJUN 25, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Cephalopods, including octopuses, have exceptionally large and complex nervous systems; the octopod brain is thought to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2022Plants & Animals
We’ve all what animals see. Do they see the same way humans do in terms of colors, or is the vision of each animal ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 22, 2022Microbiology
Our bodies contain huge numbers of microbes - inside and out. We even have face mites. New research has shown that the m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2022Plants & Animals
A new study published in Science Advances explores the unique evolutionary processes among certain genes in certain fish ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 31, 2022Microbiology
Even this juvenile nudibranch from Quadra Island, British Columbia, has a microbiome. / Image credit: Niels Van Steenkis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2022Genetics & Genomics
While dog breeders may dispute the conclusions based on their own experiences, new research has indicated that almost no ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 10, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There's lots of stuff we can't see in the air, and it seems that includes DNA. Two new studies in Current Biology have r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2022Microbiology
These patterns are reminiscent of those seen in animal development, showing that bacteria are capable of more than we th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2022Earth & The Environment
Dr. Richard Leakey, one of the fathers of Paleoanthropology has passed away in Kenya.Written By: Timothy JamesNOV 22, 2021Plants & Animals
African lungfish are incredible animals that survive in freshwater or on land. Research on lungfish has taught us more a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The lifespans of vertebrates can vary widely; some live to be about five weeks while others can reach 400 years. As most ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
With time lapse photography, scientists have now learned more about the symmetry of sea stars. This work could tell us m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2021Genetics & Genomics
This photo by Sydney Stringham shows the domestic pigeons that were bred by the researchers for this research.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2021Microbiology
Single celled organisms called archaea occupy their own branch on the tree of life, like bacteria, but we know a lot les ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Homo bodoensis is a direct ancestor of modern humans who lived in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene, and seen in this ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are still debating exactly how and where humans fit on the evolutionary tree of great apes. A group of ancien
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In DNA, retrotransposons can move around and insert themselves into other parts of genomes with a kind of copy and paste
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
How did cats evolve into so many different species, like tigers, panthers, and domestic cats? A new study has explored c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The Zoonomia project is an international effort to understand how a huge array of diverse creatures can arise from mamma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genomes are constantly changing. Bacterial cells can easily share genes, and even cells in human can incorporate new DNA
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2023
Microbiology
Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have found that a virus spread by ticks, P
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
While we may think of some bacteria as friendly and others as pathogenic, the situation can become very complex. Not onl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome holds thousands of genes, and gene expression has to be carefully controlled in cells; the right gene m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Gold miners working in the freezing Klondike gold mines in Canada's Yukon territory have made a discovery while excavati
...
Written By:
Timothy James
JUN 25, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Cephalopods, including octopuses, have exceptionally large and complex nervous systems; the octopod brain is thought to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2022
Plants & Animals
We’ve all what animals see. Do they see the same way humans do in terms of colors, or is the vision of each animal
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 22, 2022
Microbiology
Our bodies contain huge numbers of microbes - inside and out. We even have face mites. New research has shown that the m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2022
Plants & Animals
A new study published in Science Advances explores the unique evolutionary processes among certain genes in certain fish
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 31, 2022
Microbiology
Even this juvenile nudibranch from Quadra Island, British Columbia, has a microbiome. / Image credit: Niels Van Steenkis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
While dog breeders may dispute the conclusions based on their own experiences, new research has indicated that almost no
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There's lots of stuff we can't see in the air, and it seems that includes DNA. Two new studies in Current Biology have r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2022
Microbiology
These patterns are reminiscent of those seen in animal development, showing that bacteria are capable of more than we th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Dr. Richard Leakey, one of the fathers of Paleoanthropology has passed away in Kenya.
Written By:
Timothy James
NOV 22, 2021
Plants & Animals
African lungfish are incredible animals that survive in freshwater or on land. Research on lungfish has taught us more a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The lifespans of vertebrates can vary widely; some live to be about five weeks while others can reach 400 years. As most
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
With time lapse photography, scientists have now learned more about the symmetry of sea stars. This work could tell us m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
This photo by Sydney Stringham shows the domestic pigeons that were bred by the researchers for this research.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2021
Microbiology
Single celled organisms called archaea occupy their own branch on the tree of life, like bacteria, but we know a lot les
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Homo bodoensis is a direct ancestor of modern humans who lived in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene, and seen in this
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch