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Cleanliness is next to attractiveness for golden-collared manakins in Panama

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More research needed on effects of maternal stress in wild animals

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Key factor identified in gene silencing

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Study finds pallid bat is unfazed by venom of Arizona bark scorpion

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Scientists discover spring-loaded mechanism in unusual species of trap-jaw ant

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Scientists reveal how these ants snap their jaws shut in the blink of an eye

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Drought response in global crops may be as complex as day and night

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Tracking down the jumping genes of maize

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Penn biologists show how plants turn off genes they don't need

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Plants under heat stress must act surprisingly quickly to survive

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New genomic insights reveal a surprising two-way journey for apple on the Silk Road

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Baby fish exercising, a surprising source of adaptive variation in fish jaws

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Into a competitive world, guppies are born not just bigger, but more mature

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Fungal spores harness physics to launch themselves

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Two undergrads improve plant carbon-cycle models

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Researchers find corn gene conferring resistance to multiple plant leaf diseases

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Imaging technology reveals copper is key to meeting future food and energy needs

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New NSF, USDA awards focus on relationships that benefit, harm plants

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Despite a great grip, geckos sometimes slip

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Sequencing reveals how Porphyra thrives in a tough environment

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A tale of two fishes: Biologists find male, female live-bearing fish evolve differently

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To swallow food, some sharks shrug their shoulders

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NSF issues $14 million in awards for improved genomic tools

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A whole-genome sequenced rice mutant resource for the study of biofuel feedstocks

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Early-life pain may lead to obesity risk, especially in females, study finds

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Penn collaboration produces surprising insights into the properties of butterfly wings

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Video: Biologist Sean B. Carroll on ecosystem resilience

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To buzz or to scrabble? To foraging bees, that's the question

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Study illustrates how the cortex assigns credit for causality

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