'Mean Gene' Found In Africanized Honey Bees
...and "Hunt.Map" is a map illustrating the expanding territory of the Africanized bees.......human qualities, such as personality, is uncharted territory inrobotics." "'Sage' is part of an initiative to augment the experience people havein museums," explained Robotics Institute principal investigator William L.(Red) Whittaker. "It will bring the dynamic, interactive environment fostered inscie...Symposium Explores Neandertal Question, Mystery Of Human Origins
...s later in Africa, later spreading into Neandertal territory andaround the world. Arsuaga is a principal scientist at an important group of research sites inAtapuerca, Spain, where hominid fossils perhaps as old as 300,000 years havebeen discovered with partial Neandertal traits. Arsuaga argues that thefossils...... betterprotect her and her offspring) and a bigger territory (to provide more food).But there are confounding exceptions: many females have strong preferences formale traits, red feathers, say that don't seem to relate to their offspring'snumber or well-being. One of the most common explanations for this has ...History Of The Rainforest Told In Song
... but also success in theunending battle over food, territory and mates. It may mark the distinctionbetween survival and genetic death for an individual bloodline. "From the song of a golden bower bird, we can pick its precise location -whether it belongs to Mt Eden, Mt Windsor, Mr Baldy or Mt Spec. When we a...Science Announces Top Ten Research Advances Of 1998
...nnel down to the last atom, researchers opened new territory forunderstanding the roots of the nervous system. Cancer Treatment and Prevention: Scientists added a number of drugs, includingHeceptin, Tamoxifen, and Raloxifene, to their arsenal of weapons against cancer,and began investigating other drugs in cl...... found under snow and ice in the CanadianNorthwest territory that produces cold-shock proteins and cold-acclimationproteins Candida Antarctica: an alkali-tolerant yeast hailing from Lake Vanda, Antarctica Desulfurella acetivorans: an anaerobic bacterium discovered in the Russianvolcano Uzan on the Kamchatka P...The President's Coral Reef Task Force Meets On March 5-6
... 11:00AM Round Table discussion on federal, state, territory and commonwealthpartnerships. 12:30 PM Lunch 2:00PM Task Force discussion and development consensus on guidance to working groupsfor priority action. 4:00PM Co-Chair summarize Task Force Decisions 4:30PM Adjourn Meeting and MEDIA AVAILABILITY 6:30PM ...Antbird capable of increasing testosterone level when threatened
... round. Butwhen confronted by other birds in their territory - or even by a prolongedplayback of tape-recorded sounds made by potential enemies - male antbirdsincreased their testosterone and became more aggressive, even in this sexuallyinactive period when their gonads remained entirely regressed. "It makes s...Early detection of Global Change 'symptoms' on the protected areas to be discussed in Italy
...onomy of a regionthat has devoted one third of its territory to natural parks. The most relevantconsequences will probably occur on the coastal erosions, in water resources andin ski resorts in the winter season. Topics of interest: Climatic and Environmental Changes Climatic change at global and regio...Genes or environment: what shapes the sensory homunculus?
...eir intense activity enabled them to claim a large territory in cortical layer 4, which handles incoming sensory information. The cortex itself was thought to have only a small instructive role, if any. Vanderhaeghen's experiments suggested there must be more to this. First he found that ephrin-A5 was express...Potential gene therapy carriers created that mimic viruses, without the risk
...called bioconjugation, and it's really a whole new territory for us. We're interested in making nanoparticles with the hollow cages into which one could put peptides, genes, proteins and small molecule drugs, all sorts of biomedical possibilities, even scavenging other cells or molecules. Other researchers a...Spiders get better web sites by rising early
...emale spiders in colonies are able to claim enough territory to rebuild their daily webs in the face of competition from other large spiders and smaller ones. The researchers assumed they would observe belligerent behavior every day as the spiders fought for space. Not so. Instead they found that large spid...Female birds choose best singers to have smarter offspring
... that are hidden from predators. I can defend our territory against intruders. I would make the best mate for you and the best father for our children, so you should choose me!" The Cornell research showed that males with the most elaborate songs have bigger brains -- and, in particular, a larger region call...Game of life allows all mating strategies
..., an aggressive male with lots of females in a big territory would seem a likely winner. Or would the loyal male who guards a single mate in a small territory come out ahead in the game? How about the landless loner who sneaks into other males' territories a...Isle Royale wolves fewer, but thriving
...he islands West Pack has been eliminated and their territory taken over by the Middle Pack, which numbers six a...ack, also numbering six wolves, has maintained its territory on the moose-rich east end of the island. And there is a third pack of just a reproducing pair and o......entific investigation, and it opens up a whole new territory scientifically, says Page. "The X chromosome is one of the most intensely studied chromosomes, and the X-linked mode of inheritance is a textbook classicit is one of the three modes of inheritance that we study in medical genetics," says Page. In t...Evolution at a snail's pace: It's faster than you think
..., San Diego have found that a change in a species' territory can bring on rapid morphological, or structural, evolutionary changes. Assistant professor Michael Hellberg of LSU's Department of Biological Sciences and Kaustuv Roy and Deborah Balch of UCSD will have their findings published in the June 1 issue ...Field trials used to investigate the social lives of badgers
...ers exist in groups because they need a geographic territory with enough earthworms for each badger to eat. This work provides the first real evidence of resources, such as food, playing a part in the social organisation of a species. The authors conclude that further work will need to be done to turn their fi...