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Imperfect match: do ideal mates come in symmetrical packages? - part 2 - includes related article
Researchers are looking into the relationship between body symmetry and sexual attractiveness. Several studies have shown that symmetrical features...
Science News, 01/28/95 by Elizabeth Pennisi · More from publication -
Not simply symmetry: does it really matter if the right ear is bigger than the left? - symmetry in animal bodies; includes related article on symmetry in flowering plants - Cover Story
Researchers believe that fluctuating symmetry, the tendency of one side of the body to match the other, is an indicator of the general well-being...
Science News, 01/21/95 by Elizabeth Pennisi · More from publication -
HIV toll: over a billion white cells a day - virus overwhelms CD4 T cells - Brief Article
This week, a pair of independent research teams describes the intense battle that erupts when HIV, the AIDS virus, gets a foothold in the body....
Science News, 01/14/95 by Elizabeth Pennisi · More from publication -
Human homologues in the humble hydra - humans and hydra share key gene - Brief Article
People may crown the evolutionary tree, but we may not be as far removed from our roots as we'd like to think. Humans share key genes not only with...
Science News, 01/07/95 by Elizabeth Pennisi · More from publication -
Genes prevent inbreeding, aid development - plant genes that have evolved new uses
June B. Nasrallah and her team report that the shape of Arabidopsis, a plant in the mustard family, is determined from genes that originally...
Science News, 12/24/94 by Elizabeth Pennisi · More from publication -
Tetracycline turns genes on and off - controlling transgene in transgenic mice
Researchers have developed a tetracycline-based switch that enables them to turn on and off specific genes in mice. The switch allows scientists to...
Science News, 12/17/94 by Elizabeth Pennisi · More from publication -
Does nonsense DNA speak its own dialect? - non-coding regions of DNA contain language properties - Brief Article
When geneticists first began to decipher the DNA code, they naturally focused on genes. That's where the action is, they thought. After all, genes...
Science News, 12/10/94 by Elizabeth Pennisi · More from publication -
Chain of command: wolves help trees thrive - wolves limit numbers of grazing animals that damage trees
Wildlife ecologist Rolf O. Peterson and Brian E. McLaren have discovered evidence that food-chain populations may be regulated from the top-down...
Science News, 12/03/94 by Elizabeth Pennisi · More from publication -
Fanfare over finding first fat gene - identification of mutant gene could lead to therapies for obesity - Brief Article
Eight years of genetic sleuthing finally paid off this week for scientists seeking to understand the much studied, much lamented problem of...
Science News, 12/03/94 by Elizabeth Pennisi · More from publication -
Gut counts calories even when we do not - digestive tract sensors
Researcher Terry L. Powley and graduate student Feng Bin Wang have demonstrated that the digestive system uses a vast array of sensors to react to...
Science News, 11/26/94 by Elizabeth Pennisi · More from publication
