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Proteins programme snails shells to coil

28/05/2013

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• Developments in Daphnia - 25th March 2014

 It is thanks to the graded concentration of a protein that snails’ shells are coiled according to new research published in… Read more »

Marking 25 years in metazoan phylogeny- happy birthday Darwin

12/02/2013

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• Guinea pig teenagers are highly domesticated - 9th April 2014
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Twenty-five years ago today, on the 12th February 1988, a landmark article was published in Science describing a phylogenetic tree… Read more »

The difference between a mole and a shrew is in their SOX

09/08/2012

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• Guinea pig teenagers are highly domesticated - 9th April 2014
• Goats, the boffins of the farmyard - 26th March 2014
• Developments in Daphnia - 25th March 2014

Moles have specialised morphological features, that are highly adapted for their unusual underground lifestyle. One of the most… Read more »