Researchers have proven that a single gene can convert female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes into fertile male mosquitoes and identified a gene needed for male mosquito flight. …read more Source:: Science
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Scientists reverse reproductive clock in mice
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•Researchers have lifted fertility rates in older female mice with small doses of a metabolic compound that reverses the aging process in eggs, offering hope for some women struggling to …read more Source:: Science
Scientists discover how mosquito brains integrate diverse sensory cues to find a host
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•A team has discovered how the female mosquito brain integrates visual and olfactory signals to identify, track and hone in on a potential host for her next blood meal. They …read more Source:: Science
Layered cocktails inspire new form of male birth control
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•For decades, women have shouldered most of the burden of contraception. However, long-term use of female birth control pills could increase the risk for side-effects such as blood clots or …read more Source:: Science
The grim, final days of a mother octopus
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•A new study uses modern genetic sequencing tools to describe several distinct molecular signals produced by the optic gland after a female octopus reproduces. The research also details four separate …read more Source:: Science
Insight into infant handling by young bonobos
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•Drawn to a behavior she didn’t understand, a researcher watching bonobos in a zoo has revealed how young female bonobos prepare for motherhood. …read more Source:: Science
How turning down the heat makes a baby turtle male
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•Scientists have started to crack the 50-year-old puzzle of how temperature turns baby turtles male or female. Researchers show that cooler egg incubation temperatures turn up a key gene called …read more Source:: Science
Mysterious head of a pharaoh discovered by Swansea Egyptologist
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•Egyptologists have found a depiction of one of the most famous pharaoh’s in history Hatshepsut (one of only a handful of female pharaohs) on an object in the Egypt Center …read more Source:: Science
Early life experiences influence DNA in the adult brain
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•In the perennial question of nature versus nurture, a new study suggests an intriguing connection between the two. Scientists report that the type of mothering a female mouse provides her …read more Source:: Science
How chromosomes ‘cheat’ for the chance to get into an egg
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•Chromosomes can ‘cheat,’ biasing the chance that they will make it into a sex cell. Biologists show how this bias arises in female cells, detecting molecular signals that create an …read more Source:: Science