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Natural selection also increases the adaptability of the organism

[ad_1] Everywhere we look in the natural world, there is evidence of natural selection: the resin armor of a lodgepole pine cone evolved to defend itself against seed-hungry birds and squirrels, or a giraffe’s long neck was evolutionarily favored to reach high vegetation that the competition cannot touch. Natural selection …

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Same visual system for all primates

[ad_1] The smallest primate in the world reveals the incredible preservation of our visual system through millions of years of evolution. The gray mouse lemur, the smallest species of primate, has excellent eyesight. More than a fifth of its cerebral cortex is devoted to visual processing to accommodate enough pixel …

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Discovery launches its own streaming service

[ad_1] The platform will be available in the United States from January 4, 2021. Discovery + will be launched globally in stages, with the initial phase covering 25 territories and having already started with India, the United Kingdom and Ireland. The US discovery + launch will cover the largest collection …

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New wheat and barley genomes will help feed the world

[ad_1] An international research collaboration, which includes scientists from the University of Adelaide’s Waite Research Institute, has unlocked a new genetic variation in wheat and barley, a major impetus for the global effort in breeding high-grade wheat and barley varieties. yield. Researchers from the 10+ Wheat Genomes project, led by …

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