Longhorn crazy ants are a peculiar species of insects. They can mate with their siblings to produce viable offspring, but experience none of the effects of inbreeding that other species experience if they take the same approach to reproduction.It would also appear that this strategy is helping the ants establish a wo... |
2 February 2011
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Some plants are known for having both their male and female reproductive organs very close to each other, which favors inbreeding. A new investigation shows how petunias prevent this from happening. All species have over millions of years of evolution learned the hard way that inbreeding is not a good strategy for pr... |
5 November 2010
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The decline of the Florida panther has been slowed down in some places, and stopped in its tracks in others, thanks to a last-minute conservation effort that sough to prevent the beautiful animals from being wiped out. The eastern panther population was 15 years ago estimated to include only several dozen animals, al... |
24 September 2010
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Biologists know that ants are just as vulnerable as we are to infections from fungi, parasites and bacteria. The small insects also have immune systems, but one major difference from humans is that their colony is their immunity, not the single individual. In a series of new studies, researchers have determined that ... |
5 May 2010
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Is your cousin hot? In a Bedouin society, marrying him/her would be just the common thing to do. But we know that inbreeding is a great risk factor for genetic illnesses. The most varied our genes, the healthier we are. A new research checked how inbreeding affects the children's survival rate. The new research ... |
26 September 2007
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