Computer Program For Quicker, More Detailed Mapping
...areon the same continent. Gene mappers use short, distinctive genetic markers found in DNA as signpostsin the human genome. Markers that are close together remain on the samepiece of DNA when scientists cut the long strands into small pieces. Usingstatistics to count how often particular pairs of markers remain...Core Spins Faster Than Earth, Scientists Find
...at the Earth's surface, has alignediron atoms in a distinctive crystalline structure that slows downwaves in some directions and creates a "fast track"for seismic waves in a near north-south direction. More recentstudies also indicate that the "fast-track axis" isnot exactly north-south but is tilted slightly fr...Duke Ecologist Says Logging Is Creating 'Mahogany Deserts'
...s trees.Before their leaves fall, mahogany crowns' distinctive color allows timbercompanies to spot marketable mahogany trees from overflying aircraft, Snooksaid. Because the growth rings of mahoganies she has examined don't form at annualintervals, Snook can only guess at the species' maximum age. Based on ext......scurry directly back to the nest chamber, making a distinctive "chirp" call along the way. Once in the nest, the biologists observed, the scout would wave the food aloft in its mouth for all to smell. "The scouts rarely ate that first sample of food, although they sometimes had to struggle to keep it away from ...Study: Hydrogen Bonds Aren't Key To DNA Pairing After All
...ggests that it's now more likely than ever thatthe distinctive shapes and sizes of each of the four DNA basesunderpin the impressive 99.99-percent accuracy of DNA replication. Like a space in a jigsaw puzzle that can be filled only by the one piece with a matching shape, only one baseis capable of squeezing into...Duke Lemurs Are Released In Madagascar
...egan with a trimming of theanimals' tail hair into distinctive patterns, so they could be better identifiedas they were tracked through the forest. "Two of the project's conservation agents then led a traditionalceremony in which they explained the lemur release project to the ancestorsand asked the ancestors f...Strange South American Fossil Mammals Found In Madagascar And India
... as gondwanatheres. The discovery of their highly distinctive teeth in such disparate places as South America, Madagascar and India has fundamental implications for plate tectonics, the theory that landmasses move slowly over the face of the earth and were in different places in the past than they are today. ...Early Career Development Grants Foster Faculty Research And Education
... Silicon Valley law firms have shaped the region's distinctive business practices by transmitting basic organizing know-how among inexperienced start-up clients. Hewill also launch a seminar in which graduate students in law, business and sociology will explore the intersection of law, innovation and entrepreneu...... Individuals who have two mutant WS genes have the distinctive Wolfram syndrome,characterized by diabetes mellitus and optic nerve deterioration. Wolframsyndrome patients often exhibit depression, violent and assaultive behavior,chronic anxiety and/or panic attacks, and hallucinations, or have attempted suicide....Detective Work Uncovers New Tick-Borne Disease In North Carolina And The Southeast
...the nameof Lone Star because the female displays a distinctive white spot on theback of its shell. The Lone Star is very common in North Carolina. It isbrownish-orange and smaller than the other tick normally in residence -the dog tick, which is large, grayish-brownish-black, and the scourge ofevery pet and its ...New Gene Alteration Find Points To Aggressive Leukemia Treatment
...e cases of AML, the patient’schromosomes show distinctive changes that can be linked to the disease. In the remaining 45 percent however, the patients show normal cytogenetics-- that is, there are no obvious chromosomal changes. This particular defect appears in patients who have normal cytogenetics,C...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...sp, used color-coded, soft-touch rubber buttons in distinctive sizes and shapes, and separated the VCR and TV buttons above and below the keypad. When introduced in 1988, this new, ergonomically designed System Link remote control gained the jump on the competition, and Thomson has since sold millions of them. A...New Dinosaur Finds In Antarctica Paint Fuller Picture Of Past Ecosystem
...o Australia via Antarctica. The hadrosaurs are a distinctive group of American dinosaurs, known for fancy crests on theirskulls with networks of passageways that may have been used for vocalization and that maysuggest the animals were social. Some stood perhaps 20 feet tall. "This find allows us to paint a m...Females' Siren Song Initiates Courtship Duets In African Frogs, Columbia Biologists Find
...thoughtto advertise his availability first, with a distinctive trill, and then to grabin succession the nearest females, releasing those that were not ready to layeggs. The new work, reported in the Feb. 17 issue of the Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences, contradicts this view. The research,...EPA And UC Researchers Find Bacteria That Can Destroy Giardia Cysts
...ules such as cellulose andchitin. They also have a distinctive type of gliding motility." The Giardia cyst's outer layer is made of amacromolecule which most closely resembles chitin. Work inRodger's lab demonstrated that the degradative bacterial strain hadto be in direct contact with the Giardia cysts to ...News Backgrounder: Duke Primate Center Successfully Fosters Mysterious Aye-Ayes
... is to be eaten. And despite the aye-aye's distinctive homeliness, the animals inspire awarm affection in their keepers and in Primate Center visitors. The battle to save Marvin -- who hasn't received an official name sincehis survival remained uncertain -- began with a round-the-clock feedingsch...First Reproducible Cloning Of Mammals From Adult Cells Reported In Nature
...nagimachi, Ph.D.,of the University of Hawaii. The distinctive cloning technology, described as the Honolulu technique,could be more viable for the production of drugs using transgenic animalsthan earlier techniques because of its efficiency of reproducibility and,when used in genetic and embryonic development s......Environmental Health Sciences report. The distinctive study may be the first to define a three-waygene-gene-environmental relationship to disease risk. Both genes were previously known to have roles in metabolizing achemical, arylamine, present in tobacco smoke and some occupations, such asthose...Hopkins Researchers Discover Key Target In Molecular Pathway That Initiates Colon Cancer
... until APC inactivation awakens it, generating the distinctive uncontrolledcell growth that mark cancers. "Cancer is like a car with the accelerator pushed to the floor and failingbrakes," says Vogelstein, professor of oncology at Hopkins and a Hughes scholar. "In this case, c-MYC is the accelerator and APC is ...... of the fertilin-beta gene. These chimeras have a distinctive coatcolor that makes them easy to identify. Though the process is straightforward in theory, making it all happencan take years. Dr. Bunch recalls that her son, a year old at the time her partof the study began, is now starting kindergarten....