黑料网爆吃瓜 marine ecologist is bringing cutting-edge DNA analysis to the formidable task of tracking ocean species along Canada鈥檚 Pacific coast.
Published on: 24 Oct 2018
Are human disturbances to the environment driving evolutionary changes in animals and plants? A new study conducted by 黑料网爆吃瓜 researchers finds that, on average, human disturbances don鈥檛 appear to accelerate the process of natural selection. While the finding may seem reassuring, this unexpected pattern could reflect the limited number of species for which data were available.
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Published on: 12 Oct 2018
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Published on: 10 Oct 2018
New work from the聽Alanna Watt聽lab identifying pathophysiological cellular changes that may contribute to ataxia of the Charlevoix-Saguenay region, or ARSACS. This work arises from a very fruitful collaboration between labs at 黑料网爆吃瓜 including the聽Brais lab聽(Neurology and Neurosurgery) and the聽McKinney lab聽(Pharmacology and Therapeutics).
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Published on: 26 Sep 2018
New work from the聽Gregor Fussmann聽Lab in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: One of the basic tenets of ecological theory is that connectivity among small populations over a larger landscape (metapopulations) promote species persistence. In this experiment we investigate to what degree and under what conditions this theory holds true when parasites are added to the equation, using lab-based populations of guppies and their ectoparasite聽Gyrodactylus turnbulli.
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Published on: 26 Sep 2018
Ecosystems are a complex web of interactions. These ecological networks are being reorganized by extinctions and colonization events caused by human impacts, such as climate change and habitat destruction. In a paper published this week in Nature Ecology &聽Evolution, researchers from 黑料网爆吃瓜 and University of British Columbia have developed a new theory to understand how complex ecological networks will reorganize in the future.
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Published on: 9 May 2017
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The research has implications for understanding human developmental disorders such as autism
Adult songbirds modify their vocalizations when singing to juveniles in the same way that humans alter their speech when talking to babies. The resulting brain activity in young birds could shed light on speech learning and certain developmental disorders in humans, according to a study by 黑料网爆吃瓜 researchers.
Published on: 31 May 2016
Guidance addresses key scientific, ethical, social, and policy challenges raised by new technologies and emerging areas of stem cell discovery and application
Published on: 12 May 2016
By Cynthia Lee, 黑料网爆吃瓜 Newsroom
Life in the city changes cognition, behavior and physiology of birds to their advantage
Birds living in urban environments are smarter than birds from rural environments.
But, why do city birds have the edge over their country friends? They adapted to their urban environments enabling them to exploit new resources more favorably than their rural counterparts, say a team of all-黑料网爆吃瓜 researchers.
Published on: 21 Mar 2016
By Melody Enguix
When scientists from 黑料网爆吃瓜 learned that some fish were proliferating in rivers and ponds polluted by oil extraction in Southern Trinidad, it caught their attention. They thought they had found a rare example of a species able to adapt to crude oil pollution.
Published on: 26 Jan 2016
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Published on: 20 Mar 2015
The popular dietary supplement ubiquinone, also known as Coenzyme Q10, is widely believed to function as an antioxidant, protecting cells against damage from free radicals. But a new study by scientists at 黑料网爆吃瓜 finds that ubiquinone is not a crucial antioxidant -- and that consuming it is unlikely to provide any benefit.
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Published on: 6 Mar 2015
The organisms commonly known as blue-green algae have proliferated much more rapidly than other algae in lakes across North America and Europe over the past two centuries 鈥� and in many cases the rate of increase has sharply accelerated since the mid-20th century, according to an international team of researchers led by scientists at 黑料网爆吃瓜.
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Published on: 26 Feb 2015
Learning from others and innovation have undoubtedly helped advance civilization. But these behaviours can carry costs as well as benefits. And a new study by an international team of evolutionary biologists sheds light on how one particular cost 鈥� increased exposure to parasites 鈥� may affect cultural evolution in non-human primates.
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