Researchers conducted a first-of-its-kind study designed to investigate brain connectivity in 130 mammalian species. The intriguing results, contradicting widespread conjectures, revealed that brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, …read more Source:: Science
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Insulin can increase mosquitoes’ immunity to West Nile virus
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A discovery has the potential to inhibit the spread of West Nile virus as well as Zika and dengue viruses. The researchers demonstrated that mammalian insulin activated an antiviral immunity …read more Source:: Science
Evolutionary backing found in analysis of mammalian vertebrae
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Differences in numbers of vertebrae are most extreme in mammals which do not rely on running and leaping, such as those adapted to suspensory locomotion like apes and sloths, a …read more Source:: Science
How whales defy the cancer odds: Good genes
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Scientists have studied potential cancer suppression mechanisms in cetaceans, the mammalian group that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. Biologists picked apart the genome of the humpback whale, as well as …read more Source:: Science
Study of singing mice suggests how mammalian brain achieves conversation
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By studying the songs of mice from the cloud forests of Costa Rica, researchers have discovered a brain circuit that may enable the high-speed back and forth of conversation. …read more Source:: Science
Stem cells organize themselves into pseudo-embryos
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The three axes of the mammalian body, established shortly after implantation of the embryo in the uterus, becomes organized under the control of gene networks that coordinate the transcription of …read more Source:: Science
Mammalian bone gene may be repurposed to fuel cognition in humans
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A gene that regulates bone growth and muscle metabolism in mammals may take on an additional role as a promoter of brain maturation, cognition and learning in human and nonhuman …read more Source:: Science