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ScienceDaily: Top News

ScienceDaily: Top News


Feral chickens spread light on evolution

Posted: 30 Sep 2016 05:58 AM PDT

Different genes are involved during the adaptation of a domestic animal to life in the wild than when a wild animal becomes domesticated, concludes a new study. The results increase our understanding of what happens as a species evolves.

New genetic variations discovered

Posted: 30 Sep 2016 05:09 AM PDT

New research identifies 17 rare human genetic variations associated with risk factors for diseases. The study shows how large scale genomic datasets can be used to help identify potential novel biological targets for studying cardiovascular and other diseases.

Why aren't some dogs walked regularly?

Posted: 30 Sep 2016 05:07 AM PDT

A new study has examined why some people feel motivated to walk their dogs regularly and others don't.

How to be a male without the Y chromosome

Posted: 30 Sep 2016 05:07 AM PDT

Key sex-determining genes continue to operate in a mammalian species that lacks the Y chromosome, taking us a step further toward understanding sex differentiation, report researchers.

Adaptation to food deprivation as a clue for treating metabolic diseases

Posted: 30 Sep 2016 05:06 AM PDT

When people are deprived of food, a number of biological mechanisms are set in motion to adapt the body's metabolism to the conditions of scarcity. One of these processes has been revealed by a team of researchers that has discovered how three important proteins collaborate on a genetic level to provide a response to long-term fasting.

Upswing in prescription opioid use disorder and heroin use among young adults, study finds

Posted: 29 Sep 2016 06:52 PM PDT

From 2002 to 2014, there was an increase in the probability of having a prescription opioid use disorder among young adults using prescription opioids for non medical purposes, new research has found.

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