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Saturday, December 28, 2013

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


First genetic model of human jaw fusion defect known as syngnathia

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:59 PM PST

The face you critiqued in the mirror this morning was sculpted before you were born by a transient population of cells called neural crest cells. Those cells spring from neural tissue of the brain and embryonic spinal cord and travel throughout the body, where they morph into highly specialized bone structures, cartilage, connective tissue, and nerve cells.

Modern caterpillars feed at higher temperatures in response to climate change

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 06:35 AM PST

Caterpillars of two species of butterflies in Colorado and California have evolved to feed rapidly at higher and at a broader range of temperatures in the past 40 years, suggesting that they are evolving quickly to cope with a hotter, more variable climate.

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