This fungus shrinks in size to better infect the brain
Phosphate can trigger fungus size reduction, enabling further infection.
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Darwin’s short-beak enigma solved
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A mutation in the ROR2 gene is linked to beak size reduction in numerous breeds of domestic pigeons. Surprisingly, mutations in ROR2 also underlie a human disorder called Robinow syndrome.
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Biologists drove the divergence of different-sized feather lice from a single population. In four years the evolved lice had trouble mating with each other, a sign of speciation and they caught it on tape.
Read MoreTHE GENE BENEATH MY WING…PATTERNS
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U researchers discover the gene that drives diverse patterns on pigeon wings has unexpected links to human blindness.
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