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- DNA reveals mating patterns of critically endangered sea turtle
- Plant scientists demonstrate new means of boosting maize yields
- Synthetic biology: Recreating natural complex gene regulation
- Understanding Earth’s climate prior to the industrial era
- Pioneering research helps to unravel the brain's vision secrets
| DNA reveals mating patterns of critically endangered sea turtle Posted: 03 Feb 2013 06:24 PM PST New research into the mating habits of a critically endangered sea turtle will help conservationists understand more about its mating patterns. Female hawksbill turtles mate at the beginning of the season and store sperm for up to 75 days to use when laying multiple nests on the beach. New research also reveals that these turtles are mainly monogamous and don't tend to re-mate during the season.  |
| Plant scientists demonstrate new means of boosting maize yields Posted: 03 Feb 2013 11:56 AM PST Plant geneticists have successfully demonstrated what it describes as a "simple hypothesis" for making significant increases in yields for the maize plant.  |
| Synthetic biology: Recreating natural complex gene regulation Posted: 03 Feb 2013 11:55 AM PST By reproducing in the laboratory the complex interactions that cause human genes to turn on inside cells, bioengineers have created a system they believe can benefit gene therapy research and the burgeoning field of synthetic biology.  |
| Understanding Earth’s climate prior to the industrial era Posted: 03 Feb 2013 11:55 AM PST Climate signals locked in the layers of glacial ice, preserved in the annual growth rings of trees, or fingerprinted in other so-called proxy archives such as lake sediments, speleothems, and corals allow researchers to quantify climate variation prior to instrumental measurements. An international research team has now investigated hundreds of these proxy records from across the globe and compared them with both simulations of the Earth's climate and instrumental measurements of temperature and precipitation.  |
| Pioneering research helps to unravel the brain's vision secrets Posted: 03 Feb 2013 11:55 AM PST A new study has identified the two areas of the brain responsible for our perception of orientation and shape.  |
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