A newly discovered species of frogfish called “psychedelica is rather unusual as it hops and crawls more than it swims. This odd looking fish, which has rare, forward-facing eyes like humans was spotted for the first time,a year ago, by divers swimming in the harbor of Ambon Island, Indonesia. At the first sight the divers could not identify strange swimming fish so they took the help of fish expert Ted Pietsch of the University of Washington in Seattle. After going through the pictures sent by divers, Ted concluded that in …

So moving further into the series of “Top 15 articles on Hox function” ( In case you missed, read part I here ).
6) This article in fact set the trend for many to follow and one of my all time favorite- Steve cohen lab’s showed for the very first time that Distalless (dll) is a direct hox target and repression of this gene by Hox is vital for abdominal specification in fly. Vachon et al. had identified a minimal cis-regulatory enhancer element that directs Dll expression in the larval …

The importance of fossils in understanding evolution has been proved beyond doubt and most of the new discoveries by paleontologists helps us gain valuable insights into different life forms that existed in the past. Sometimes scientists unearth such a fossil that will put our biological understanding of some extinct group of organisms on a much firmer footing. Recently John A. Long and colleagues discovered such a fossil of a placoderm fish with preserved five cm long embryo in body cavity .
Placoderms are extinct jawed fishes that lived from approximately 430 …

“Evolution: Education and Outreach” journal is a brilliant attempt to grow awareness and help in understanding principles of evolution among students, teachers and scientists.One can take part in this attempt by contributing articles about evolution and the teaching of evolution on a variety of topics from cosmology to genetics and earth history to the evolution of cultural artifacts. The reviews in this journal are written in easily understandable manner and another important point is that it can accessed freely online till end of 2009.
The journal will connect teachers with …

If you any questions related to protein tagging then register for the upcoming webinar conducted by Science magazine . It goes live on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12 noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific, 4 p.m. GMT . During the webinar, the panelists will:
* Provide an overview of various tagging approaches for cell imaging
* Discuss how these technologies can be applied in basic research and drug discovery
* Share data on advancements in cell imaging approaches
* …

Nature group launches “Scitable is a science library,where one can read articles and can connect to researchers,student all around the world . It seems to be an interesting site and might be very useful for the students of advanced studies.
What Is Scitable?
A free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world’s leading publisher of science.
Scitable currently concentrates ongenetics, the study of evolution, variation, and the rich complexity of living organisms. As you cultivate your understanding of modern genetics on Scitable, you will explore …

Cannibalism is a common phenomenon, observed in different animal species and maternal cannibalism can be defined as consumption of offspring by the female parent. It can divided into two types again: First being consumption of nonviable offspring (eggs, undeveloped ova or stillborn neonates) and second being that of living offspring. This phenomenon can be observed in numerous animals and most common examples are reptiles. But what makes female reptiles eat their non viable offspring’s???
Two popular hypotheses exist: The first hypothesis states that this behavior is a form of parental …