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“#More humans born with an extra artery as part of ‘microevolution’” Humans are undergoing a “microevolution” resulting in babies being born without wisdom teeth and with an extra artery in their arm, according to Australian researchers. The scientists believe humans are evolving faster than at any point in the past 250 years — with more…
“#Is COVID-19 becoming milder? Here’s everything we know so far” In early January, the first genome sequence of Sars-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – was released under the moniker “Wuhan-1.” This string of 30,000 letters (the A, T, C and Gs of the genetic code) marked day one in the race to understand…
“#Tail regeneration in lungfish provides insight into evolution of limb regrowth” The West African lungfish represents a new model for studying limb regeneration, providing new insights into the evolution of the trait. Credit: Camila Guimarães of the Schneider Lab For most vertebrates, losing a limb is permanent, but a lucky few species—such as salamanders and…
“#Bird skull evolution slowed after the extinction of the dinosaurs” Phenotypic difference between each specimen for each landmark in the 11-module dataset and the mean skull shape.For each specimen, the mean landmark configuration is plotted with points coloured relative to the Procrustes distance between the position of that point in the mean shape and in…
“#First genome comparison gives insight into penguin origins, evolution” Juliana Vianna of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile among a group of rockhopper penguins. Credit: Juliana Vianna From the four-foot-tall emperor penguin to the aptly named foot-long little penguin, these unique flightless birds have invaded habitats from Antarctica to the equator, not to mention the…
“#Completing the set: ‘Coupon-collection behavior’ reduces sex-ratio variation among families” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new analysis of sibling records from more than 300,000 individuals suggests that some parents continue to reproduce until they have children of both sexes. The practice, which the two University of Michigan biologists who conducted the study dubbed “coupon-collection behavior”…
“#Neanderthal DNA contributes to genetic diversity, bringing more understanding to human evolution” Credit: C0 Public Domain The advent of DNA sequencing has given scientists a clearer insight into the interconnectedness of evolution and the web-like path that different organisms take, splitting apart and coming back together. Tony Capra, associate professor of biological sciences, has come…
“#Remote islands: Stepping stones to understanding evolution” The scientists used Winkler traps to extract the trap-jaw ants out of leaf litter into flasks of ethanol. Credit: OIST For millions of years, remote islands have been hotbeds of biodiversity, where unique species have flourished. Scientists have proposed different theories to explain how animals and plants colonize…
“#New paper squares economic choice with evolutionary survival” Credit: CC0 Public Domain If given the chance, a Kenyan herder is likely to keep a mix of goats and camels. It seems like an irrational economic choice because goats reproduce faster and thus offer higher near-term herd growth. But by keeping both goats and camels, the…
“#Team develops computational method to explore evolution’s influence on preterm birth” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Human pregnancy can easily be taken for granted as a natural and regularly occurring event, but it is the product of the complex, coordinated function of two bodies, mother and baby, that has evolved side by side with other important…