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America: 'Rebirth' girl died 7 years ago
Biology

America: 'Rebirth' girl died 7 years ago

Recently, Panayiotis Zavos - an American gynecologist, made a bold decision: 'reborn' a girl who died 7 years ago by asexual reproduction.

December 17, 2018
Parasites only mate when enough
Biology

Parasites only mate when enough

On the Science page this week, he and his colleagues at the National Institutes of Health reported that they finally found the answer: putting enough Leishmania individu…

December 17, 2018
Festival for drinking water
Biology

Festival for drinking water

Although brutally beaten by males during mating, females of beetle eating pea are still excited and constantly come back many times to

December 17, 2018
No sexual reproduction but still gene exchange
Biology

No sexual reproduction but still gene exchange

From where do we have our own genome? If it is an animal, a gene comes from a parent's conception, and that's it. There is no subsequent combination of DNA unless we hav…

December 17, 2018
DNA is the focal point of reproductive activity
Biology

DNA is the focal point of reproductive activity

According to a new study published by Imperial biologist in PNAS in April, there is one type of wild yeast every 1,000 generations of asexual reproduction that exists in…

December 17, 2018