Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: DNA

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently welcomed Arthur Porto as its first curator of artificial intelligence for natural history and biodiversity. Prior to joining the museum, Porto was an assistant professor of biology at Louisiana State University where he used machine learning and image-b
ongoing revolution in genomics — the study of an organism’s full complement of DNA

To pair with the rest of our educational content in each Earth to Florida newsletter, we bring you monthly updates on statewide environmental news. Read on below to see what we found over the past month: 10 Florida Stories to Watch A recent UF study found that a popular herbicide, glyphosate
While phosphorus is essential for life and vital to DNA, agriculture, and food production

Researchers, educators, students and the curious can explore the history of Florida’s Spanish missions via a new online database. Launched Wednesday, the Comparative Mission Archaeology Portal includes digitized artifacts, image galleries, personal narratives and details of excavation sites. Unde
Florida cultural heritage sites damaged by Hurricane Ian Cultural Heritage Ancient DNA

Welcome to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s annual report for fiscal year 2023. It’s been an exciting year with many changes for both the University of Florida and the museum!
research took place on everything from the origin of butterflies to the oldest DNA

Elizabeth “Liz� Wing arrived at the University of Florida in the mid-1950s with little more than a suitcase, less than a decade after the school began accepting women. As a master’s student with an incurable curiosity for “anything that cracked or crawled,� Wing was interested in animal anatomy a
samples from Guatemala so that ichthyologist John Pfeiffer could analyze the mussels’ DNA

In a surprise twist, a major group of flowering plants is evolving twice as quickly in temperate zones as the tropics. The finding runs counter to a long-held hypothesis that tropical regions, home to the planet’s richest biological diversity, outpace their temperate counterparts in producing new sp
databases such as iDigBio and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility to assemble DNA

There is an indelible connection between storytelling and wanderlust. The person who asks the questions and goes searching for answers down unmarked paths often returns to tell us about what they found. We like to think scientists live this life, especially paleontologists. The journey to find fo
: Ray and Kirk dig Florida Creative Outreach: TreeTender at Dragon Con Cattle DNA

Located in Osceola County, Florida, near Yeehaw Junction, the DeLuca Preserve was donated to the University of Florida Foundation by Elisabeth DeLuca in November 2020. This 27,000-acre property, originally slated for housing and economic development, encompasses a mixed landscape of cattle ranchland
Using traditional survey methods, specimens collected will contribute to a DNA barcode

I have been working on moths known as Erythrina Stem Borer (or twig borer) since 2010, which turned out to be several similar species with similar biologies found around the world. Suddenly, and rather unexpectedly, the moths have become a major horticultural pest in southern California, where Eryth
This was also confirmed by DNA sequencing.

University of Florida scientists teamed up with acclaimed artists to create two multimedia art pieces about the connections between all life forms. The new pieces – a two-story-tall interactive light projection and an animated film – premiered November 2017 in a series of special events at the Fl
: Ray and Kirk dig Florida Creative Outreach: TreeTender at Dragon Con Cattle DNA