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Hot wings and snow birds: Extreme temperature adaptation in domestic chickens
Humans built the modern world with the help of domestic plants and animals. A byproduct of our many domestication experiments is a series of excellent long-term controlled evolutionary comparisons that are helping geneticists understand adaptation. In a study published in the May issue of G3, Fleming et al. identify genomic regions under natural selection in…
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Alcohol withdrawal is influenced by Slo channels
For people with alcohol dependence, withdrawal symptoms can cause relapse. Some physical symptoms—such as seizures, delirium tremens, and heart rhythm abnormalities—can be fatal, but even non-life-threatening symptoms like anxiety and confusion can trigger relapse. The changes in the nervous system that underlie withdrawal symptoms may involve ion channels in the Slo family. The function of…
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How nematodes sense danger
In critical situations, communication can mean the difference between life and death. If our house goes up in flames, we don’t need to smell smoke to be alarmed as long as someone yells, “Fire!” This isn’t unique to humans; even creatures with much less sophisticated means of sharing information have ways of telling each other…
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#Worm17 GSA Poster Award Winners
We are pleased to announce the GSA Poster Award winners from the 21st International C. elegans Conference! Undergraduate and graduate student members of the GSA were eligible for the awards, and a hard-working team of judges made the determinations. Congratulations to all! Cell Biology GSA Winner Vivek Dwivedi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Regulation of Cell Extrusion by…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Faten Taki
We’re taking time over the following weeks to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us every week to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Faten Taki Liaison, Career Development Subcommittee Weill Cornell Medicine Research Interest: Currently, more than 43 million adults…