77 frog species in Kerala staring at extinction, warns “Frog Man”
Seventy-seven out of the 181 frog species found in Kerala are facing threats of extinction, said herpetologist Sathyabhama ...
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Heterozygote advantage can explain the extraordinary diversity of immune genes
The majority of highly polymorphic genes are related to immune functions and with over 100 alleles within a population, genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are the most polymorphic ...
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From 'Lucy' to the 'Hobbits': The most famous fossils of human relatives
Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our ...
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World’s largest worm lizards’ teeth crushed snail shells 50 million years ago
A brand new species and genus of a legless reptile has been identfied in a fossil bed in Tunisia that slithered at an ...
Record-Breaking Giant Worm Lizard From 50 Million Years Ago Discovered
The new species would have resembled the iconic "sandworms" from the science fiction franchise "Dune", one researcher said.