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Easy test can see if breeding bulls have the right stuff
Forget sending bull semen out for complicated laboratory tests to learn whether the agricultural animal is virile. Scientists have developed a faster, easier microfluidics …
Using marinated eggs to demonstrate diffusion
Researchers were inspired by marinated eggs to demonstrate how diffusion works in an easy and quantifiable way. The basis of the recipe is marinating …
One bird's joy is another bird's sorrow
A genetic conflict between the sexes promotes intraspecific diversity in ruffs. Ruffs are characterized by three supergene variants that lead to different appearances and …
Biologists observe a molecular 'hand-off' that plays a key role in reproduction
Novel research on the life history of fruit fly sperm demonstrates molecular continuity between the male and female reproductive tracts.
Asexual reproduction can have negative effects on genome evolution in stick insects, study finds
Stick insects that reproduce asexually cannot adapt as quickly in the course of evolution as sexually reproducing species, leading to a decrease in biological …