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- Personality changes can affect fish body shape, locomotion
- Shy wild boars are sometimes better mothers
- Gene circuits in live cells can perform complex computations
- Underwater 'lost city' found to be geological formation
- Scientists identify mutation that causes muffs and beards to grow on chickens
| Personality changes can affect fish body shape, locomotion Posted: 03 Jun 2016 08:06 AM PDT Fish that are bred to be bolder or more shy show corresponding changes to their body shape and locomotion, suggesting that personality changes affect other seemingly unrelated traits. The findings could be useful in animal breeding, pest management and studies of complex human behaviors. |
| Shy wild boars are sometimes better mothers Posted: 03 Jun 2016 08:02 AM PDT The personality of wild boar mothers can affect the wellbeing of their young. A team of researchers has investigated whether, and under which circumstances, the personality affected the number of offspring reared. With sufficient food, shy wild boar mothers raise more young than risk-taking, aggressive females. When the availability of food becomes scarce, however, this advantage is no longer given. |
| Gene circuits in live cells can perform complex computations Posted: 03 Jun 2016 08:02 AM PDT Researchers have developed a technique to integrate both analogue and digital computation in living cells, allowing them to form gene circuits capable of carrying out complex processing operations. |
| Underwater 'lost city' found to be geological formation Posted: 02 Jun 2016 07:05 PM PDT New research reveals how an underwater 'lost city' has been found to be a geological formation.The ancient underwater remains of what was thought to be a long lost Greek city, found close to the holiday island Zakynthos, were in fact created by a naturally occurring phenomenon up to five million years ago. |
| Scientists identify mutation that causes muffs and beards to grow on chickens Posted: 02 Jun 2016 12:17 PM PDT The growth of long facial feathers, creating the appearance of muffs and beards on chickens, is caused by a chromosomal rearrangement affecting a gene involved in feather development, researchers report in a new study. |
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