Studies show that rockfish thrive with offshore platforms as their home base
...of juvenile bocaccio that survive annually for the geographic range of the species. "When these juveniles become adults, they will contribute about one percent of the additional amount of fish needed to rebuild the Pacific Coast population," wrote the authors. Through regional scuba surveys, the researchers...Discovery of genetic mutation in Florida beach mice suggests extinct mammoth had light and dark fur
...t and three off Northern Florida's Atlantic coast, geographic isolation of the populations has resulted in eight distinct subspecies of beach mice, each with distinctive coat patterns that are lighter in color than their mainland counterpart. "We know from geological evidence that the barrier islands are ver...A new look at the state of the oceans
...ds to a high diversity of data entries with varied geographic origin through contributions from across the globe. This large geographic scope is of great importance for plankton research and is currently a unique feature of PLANKTON*NET...Ancient global warming drove early primates' dispersal
...ientists had come up with four ways to explain the geographic distribution pattern. The first is that primates originated in Africa and spread across Europe and Greenland to reach North America. Another possibility is that they originated in North America and traveled across a temporary land bridge connectin...Trees appear to respond slower to climate change than previously thought
...o account. "We found a significant pattern in the geographic distribution of the chloroplast DNA haplotypes (groups of individuals with similar sequences of base pairs of genetic material) that differentiates into two regions," Anderson said. The chloroplast DNA, the researchers write, "offers compelling evi...Tracking diseases by bait, plane, insects and fowl
...ecies of mosquito (Aedes albopictus) may play in a geographic shift in the spread of the lacrosse virus (LAC) by affecting the native host mosquito. Centering mostly in the Midwestern United States, LAC is a leading cause of arboviral encephalitis in children. In the past decade however, the disease has started......rsonality at the population level. Drivers of the geographic variation in the prevalence of this parasite include the effects of climate on the persistence of infectious stages in soil, and the cultural practices of food preparation and cats as pets. Some variation in culture, therefore, may ultimately be rel...Cat parasite may affect cultural traits in human populations
...fferty, a USGS scientist at UC Santa Barbara. "The geographic variation in the latent prevalence of Toxoplasma g... Toxoplasma in the environment, it helps drive the geographic variation in the parasite's prevalence by increasing exposure risk. The parasite's eggs can live lon...Mapping system tells skin cells whether to become scalp, palm tissues, Stanford study finds
...y define any location in the world with just three geographic coordinates: latitude, longitude and altitude. Now scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that specialized skin cells use a similar mapping system to identify where they belong in the body and how to act once they ar...USGS at 2006 International Mercury Conference
...a mercury vulnerability map. The map shows strong geographic trends in the eastern United States, with the high...tersheds with high predicted vulnerability, but no geographic pattern is evident. To find out more, attend the platform session, S-463: Mapping Modeled National-...Study documents marathon migrations of sooty shearwaters
...o the Northern Hemisphere and back. In addition to geographic locations, the tags recorded pressure and temperature data, providing information about the birds' diving behavior and the temperatures they encountered at sea. The temperature data helped Shaffer's team ensure the accuracy of the location data, us...What's nature worth? New computer models tell all
...of where these natural communities occur and other geographic information. Next, these models will be informed by new methods of estimating the value of ecosystems. Conventional economics has relied on the rather clunky notion of "willingness to pay" to determine how much a product is worth. This approach doe...'Dead Zone' causing wave of death off Oregon coast
... were no fish and almost no live crabs. The exact geographic scope of the problem is unknown, but this year for the first time it has also been observed in waters off the Washington coast as well as Oregon. Due to its intensity, scientists say it's virtually certain to have affected marine life in areas beyond...Joslin awards Victory Medal to New York man living 75 years with type 1 diabetes
...trum of life experiences, cultural backgrounds and geographic locations. Joslin has awarded medals to individuals across the United States and around the world, including people living with diabetes in Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Spain, Sweden...Contagious cancer in dogs confirmed; origins traced to wolves centuries ago
...o separate lineages, each of which now has a broad geographic range, he added. CTVT, also known as Sticker's s...ormalities in tumor samples collected in different geographic regions. However, several reports of virus-like particles in CTVT had led some to suspect that a can...Light guides flight of migratory birds
...time of year and latitude. The birds then use this geographic reference to calibrate their other compass systems. In other words, polarized light, the Sun and stars, and the geomagnetic field are all directional cues for migration, but polarized light appears to provide the primary reference system used to ca...New research examines genetics of successful aging
...-25, who were matched for sex, race, ethnicity and geographic location. Particularly, Dr. Zubenko and his research team attempted to identify specific genetic sequences present in older individuals that may be linked to reaching older ages with preserved cognitive abilities, or conversely, specific genetic sequ...... LB1 were made mostly with Homo sapiens from other geographic areas of the world, principally Europe," the researchers note. "Yet it would have been logical even for a supposedly novel human species from the Australomelanesian region to have been compared with other human populations, present as well as past, ...Variation in 3 genes influences risk of age-related macular degeneration
...ng advanced AMD related to visual loss with either geographic atrophy (dry) or neovascular (wet) disease. Contro...from individuals with advanced AMD, including both geographic atrophy or "dry" AMD, and neovascular disease or "wet" AMD, which cause visual loss. It is noteworth...Genetic surprise confirms neglected 70-year-old evolutionary hypothesis
...al population. If other speciation pressures, like geographic isolation, are added to the mix, the pressure may be enough to split one species into two new species. When asked if JYAlpha may be responsible for melanogaster and simulans' initial split a few million years ago, Masly replied, "That's lost to histo...