Chris Martin has bred more than 3,000 hybrid fish in his time as a graduate student in evolution and ecology at UC Davis, a pursuit that has helped him create one of the most comprehensive snapshots of natural selection in the wild and demonstrated a key prediction in evolutionary biology.”We can see a surprisingly complex snapshot of natural selection driving the evolution of new specialized species,” said Martin, who with Professor Peter Wainwright published a paper on the topic in the Jan. 11, 2013, issue of the journal Science. (72)

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On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, in a live, online educational seminar, “Identifying Novel Cancer Therapeutic Targets: Real-time, Label-free Cell Monitoring in RNAi Profiling.”
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“Ardi” is the nickname given to a partial skeleton of a female Ardipithecus fossil, which lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Aramis, Ethiopia. A special issue with 11 articles thoroughly describing the Homid species ,Ardipithecus ramidus, will be published on 2 October 2009 issue of “Science“. These articles describe detailed analyses of Ardi’s partial skeleton and the remains of at least 35 of her colleagues.
The last common ancestor shared by humans and chimpanzees is thought to have lived six or more million years ago. Though Ardipithecus …

Ida, a 47-million-year-old primate fossil from Messel, Germany , was grabbing headlines in press and television last week . But things doesn’t seems to be going fine for poor ida and extensive media hype has played a major role.
Darwinius , famously called as Ida is an amazing fossil discovery ,which is not only complete but also extraordinarily preserved. One can also see parts of her last meal preserved inside ida’s stomach. But media is more interested in the missing link factor ,which according many experts in the field is extensively …

The next science webinar is scheduled on Thursday April 30 and topic is about “Advances in Cancer Genomics”. So in order to register for a live, online educational seminar ,just log on to www.sciencemag.org/webinar
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Just seven days remain now for the elections and the promises made by both John McCain and Obama before the economic drop of double funding to basic research looked a distant possibility till today. But speaking at the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing conference in Palo Alto, California, Obama science adviser and Stanford University plant biologist Sharon Long said she would advise that basic funding should survive the budget tightening of either candidate.Science adviser to Obama believes that science funding will not be compromised and will be …

It was absolutely shocking to hear Sarah palin’s views on Drosophila research currently going on in various parts of world. She is of the opinion that money should not be spent on fruit flies research, and she goes on to say that it’s of no use to public life and rather divert that money for curing the disabilities of children.
For many parents of children with disabilities, the most valuable thing of all is information. Early identification of a cognitive or other disorder, especially autism, can make a life-changing difference. […] …