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Amazon Deforestation Could Mean Droughts for Western U.S.

Amazon Deforestation Could Mean Droughts for Western U.S.
In research meant to highlight how the destruction of the Amazon rainforest could affect climate elsewhere, Princeton University-led researchers report that the total deforestation of the Amazon may significantly reduce rain and snowfall in the western United States, resulting in water and food shortages, and a greater risk of forest fires The researchers report in…
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Tricking Algae’s Biological Clock Boosts Production of Drugs, Biofuels

Tricking Algae’s Biological Clock Boosts Production of Drugs, Biofuels
Tricking algae's biological clock to remain in its daytime setting can dramatically boost the amount of valuable compounds that these simple marine plants can produce when they are grown in constant light. That is the conclusion of a "proof of concept" experiment described in the Dec. 2 issue of the journal Current Biology. The study found…
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Scientists Solve Major Piece in the Origin of Biological Complexity

Scientists Solve Major Piece in the Origin of Biological Complexity
Scientists have puzzled for centuries over how and why multicellular organisms evolved the almost universal trait of using single cells, such as eggs and sperm, to reproduce. Now researchers led by University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences postdoctoral fellow William Ratcliff and associate professor Michael Travisano have set a big piece of that puzzle…
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Did Inefficient Cellular Machinery Evolve to Fight Viruses and Jumping Genes?

Did Inefficient Cellular Machinery Evolve to Fight Viruses and Jumping Genes?
It might seem obvious that humans are elegant and sophisticated beings in comparison to lowly bacteria, but when it comes to genes, a UC San Francisco scientist wants to turn conventional wisdom about human and bacterial evolution on its head. Far from being sleekly performing and fine-tuned athletes, the molecules guiding the activity of our…
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Novel Genetic Patterns May Make Us Rethink Biology and Individuality

Novel Genetic Patterns May Make Us Rethink Biology and Individuality
Professor of Genetics Scott Williams, PhD, of the Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS) at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, has made two novel discoveries: first, a person can have several DNA mutations in parts of their body, with their original DNA in the rest -- resulting in several different genotypes in one individual --…
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New Challenges in the Fast Changing Landscape of Bioinformatics

New Challenges in the Fast Changing Landscape of Bioinformatics
The world of DNA sequencing and bioinformatics has evolved at a staggering pace. In 2009, the biggest problem for researchers was creating an efficient solution for sequencing DNA. At that time, sequencing cost of $100,000 for a single human and took 30 days of chemical processing to produce the raw sequencing output. In four years,…
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Model Virus Structure Shows Why There’s No Cure for Common Cold

Model Virus Structure Shows Why There’s No Cure for Common Cold
In a pair of landmark studies that exploit the genetic sequencing of the “missing link” cold virus, rhinovirus C, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have constructed a three-dimensional model of the pathogen that shows why there is no cure yet for the common cold. Writing today (Oct. 28, 2013) in the journal Virology, a…
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17,170 Base Pair Alignment of Thirteen Time-Extended Lineages [data: (complete) mtDNA; format: ClustalW]

17,170 Base Pair Alignment of Thirteen Time-Extended Lineages [data: (complete) mtDNA; format: ClustalW]
Genomic data includes: (a) Loxodonta cyclotis, (b) Loxodonta africana, (c) Elephas maximus, (d) Mammuthus primigenius, (e) Mammut americanum, (f) Trichechus manatus, (g) Dugong dugon, (h) Orycteropodidae ofer, (i) Ceratotherium simum, (j) Diceros bicornis, (k) Rhinoceros unicornis, (l) Hippopotamus amphibius, (m) Hexaprotodon. Data for: Technological Perspectives in Phylogeny Research: Revisiting Comparative Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial Genomes…
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Visions of the Everglades: History Ecology Preservation

Visions of the Everglades: History Ecology Preservation
A wise man named Gaius Plinius Secundus once said, “Home is where the heart is.” Well, South Florida is my home, and my heart lies in its rich, vast wilderness. I am a nature enthusiast with a background in computational biology. My passion for science and nature is self-evident; indeed, it is a passion for…
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