Sea anemones are soft-bodied, underwater predators known for their bright colors, flowerlike arrangement of tentacles and the tendency to eat just about anything they can catch and fit into their mouths. In line with this last trait, researchers examining the gut contents of the giant plumose anemon
The study marks the first time DNA sequencing has been used to analyze the diet of
It was home to Native Americans as early as 12,000 B.C., then settlers during the Civil War. Its pine trees contributed to the early 20th century turpentine industry, and for millennia its plants and wildlife have been fueled by an unlikely life source—forest fires. The 9,700-acre Ordway-Swisher
was sampled by Florida Museum of Natural History botanists as part of a survey to DNA
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In a new study published in PNAS, researchers have extracted the first ancient DNA
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In a new study published in PNAS, researchers have extracted the first ancient DNA
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Pamela Soltis, a curator and distinguished professor of molecular systematics and evolutionary genetics at the Florida Museum of Natural History, discusses the museum’s Genetic Resource Repository, including its history and impact on research. Soltis, who also is a member of the UF Genetics Institut
Initiative, is part of a team analyzing the genetic and molecular structure of DNA
Over the course of four weeks this summer, a motley crew of biologists, engineers, entrepreneurs and programmers gathered at predetermined sites within Windsor Nature Park, a 185-acre tropical rainforest located in the heart of Singapore. They’d traveled from all over the world to participate in a o
“Each team had 48 hours to extract and sequence DNA, analyze the results and write
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The Bahamian hutia, a large Caribbean rodent with a blissed-out disposition, presents a curious case study in how human food preferences can drive biodiversity, sometimes shaping it over 1,000 years. The hutia, which resembles a bristly beanbag, flourished in the Bahamas for millennia, the island
Now, ancient DNA and radiocarbon dating suggest the Lucayans transported hutias from
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