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17 septembre 2016

Ancestral gene sequence reconstruction benchmarked via synthetic phylogeny [Phys]

For some 20 years, scientists have used algorithms to compute their way hundreds of millions of years back into the evolutionary past. Starting with present-day gene sequences, they perform what’s called ancestral sequence reconstruction (ASR) to determine past mutations and figure out the genes’ primal forerunners.

17 septembre 2016

Mystery of colourful giant plants of the subantarctic solved [Phys]

The mystery of why so many plants on New Zealand’s otherwise bleak subantarctic islands have very large deeply coloured flowers and giant leaves has been solved by new University of Otago research.

15 septembre 2016

Harnessing the Power of Gene Drives to Save Wildlife [Scientific American]

New gene-editing technology breakthroughs could help save native species from the blight of invaders—but at what risk ?

14 septembre 2016

Anthropocène : sujet géologique ou sociétal ? [Le Monde - Sciences]

Par Patrick De Wever, professeur au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle de Paris et Stanley Finney, professeur à l’université de Californie à Long Beach.