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Our genetic landscape is a summation of the genes embedded in our human genome and the genomes of our microbial partners (the microbiome). Similarly, our metabolic features are an amalgamation of human and microbial traits. More>>>
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Vocal learning is a critical behavioral substrate for spoken human language. It is a rare trait found in three distantly related groups of birds—songbirds, hummingbirds, and parrots...More>>>
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The activity cycle of muscle fibers requires large movements of calcium in and out of the cytoplasm where the contractile proteins are located...More>>>
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Microbes can easily escape our attention - they are small and silent, yet their metabolic activity not only made Earth habitable for plants and animals, but... More >>>
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During the development of the mammalian cerebral cortex, progenitor cells produce neurons that migrate into specific laminar positions...More>>>
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The brain is nature's most amazing achievement. From simple nervous systems to the most complex...More>>>
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The incredible variety of life on Earth has been a constant source of fascination, and recent scientific advances have given us new glimpses into how this diversity was generated...More>>>
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Three of the ideas of biology are the gene theory, the theory of evolution by natural selection, and the proposal that the cell is the fundamental unit of all life...More>>>
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Mitochondrial decay with age (e.g. increase in oxidant by-products) causes oxidative damage to DNA, RNA, proteins, and lipids and is a major contributor to aging and associated degenerative diseases...More>>>
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The disruption of global climate by human activities is one of the most complex and daunting challenges that society has ever faced...More>>>
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Over the past decade, we have discovered that like mammals, the nematode C. elegans uses an insulin signaling pathway to control its metabolism and longevity...More>>>
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