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There are 19 item(s) tagged with the keyword "Genetics".

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1. Change of tune for Hawaiian crickets?

Crickets that lost their song in an evolutionary bid to escape predators could hold the key to understanding how bursts of new species can form so quickly.

Tags: Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Insects
2. Genetic toolkit gives periwinkles seashore advantage


3. Down in the bottom of the deep blue sea


4. Devil rays get worldwide protection, and genetic tools could catch out illegal traders


5. Bug brother is watching you


Tags: Insects, Biology, Genetics
6. The failure of genomics


Tags: Biodiversity, Biology, Genetics
7. The future of tree health


Tags: Biodiversity, Biology, Conservation, Ecology, Forests, Genetics, Hazards, Invasive species, Plants, UK
8. From the age of the dinosaurs?


Tags: Evolution, Genetics, Marine life, Rivers and lakes
9. Podcast: The evolution of the British peppered moth

This week in the Planet Earth podcast, Ilik Saccheri and Arjen van 't Hof of the University of Liverpool describe how the British peppered moth changed from peppered to black during the Industrial Revolution in northern England.

Tags: Evolution, Genetics, Insects, Podcasts, Pollution, UK
10. Genetically engineered flies could save fruit crops

Fruit crops ravaged by the Mediterranean fruit fly could be saved by genetic engineering, say scientists who have altered the genes of some male flies so they can only produce sons.

Tags: Biology, Genetics, Insects, Plants, UK

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