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How scientists turned daddy longlegs into daddy shortlegs | Science

Aug. 3, 2021 , 4:49 PM If there’s one defining trait of daddy longlegs, it has to be their legs. Now, scientists have shortened the legs of one species and turned them into food-handling limbs by tweaking the arachnids’ DNA expression. To figure out which genes cause these spider relatives to develop long legs, researchers assembled the first draft genome of Phalangium opilio and looked at three genes that act as a blueprint for where various body parts should go. When they traced the activity of two of those genes, they found they were turned on in the legs of embryos under a microscope. Next, they used RNA interference a technique that reduces gene expression to knock them down in hundreds of developing

Even seagrass affected by noise pollution says new study -- Science & Technology -- Sott net

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:13 UTC Seagrass may not have ears, but that doesn t stop noise pollution from causing serious damage to the plant s other structures. © Shane Gross/NPL/Minden Pictures Noise pollution affects the structures within seagrass that help the marine plant detect gravity and store energy.From the whirring propellers that power our ships, to the airguns we use to search for oil, we humans have created a cacophony in the ocean. For years, scientists have known that human-generated noise pollution can hurt marine animals, including whales, fishes, and scallops. However, the damaging effect of noise pollution is, apparently, not limited to animals with ears, or even animals at all.

DNA pulled from thin air identifies nearby animals

DNA pulled from thin air identifies nearby animals
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Mongoose mothers help their colonies thrive—by forgetting which pups are theirs

Jun. 23, 2021 , 6:10 PM Pregnant mongooses in a colony all give birth on the same night, a phenomenon that makes it harder for mothers to know which pups are their own. But that confusion works in their favor and may even lead to a fairer distribution of scarce resources researchers report today in Nature Communications. Working with seven groups of mongooses in Uganda, scientists from the University of Exeter and the University of Roehampton manipulated the birth weights of pups by giving some, but not all, of the pregnant mongooses extra food. After giving birth, the well-fed mothers doted on the smaller pups born to the underfed mongooses by feeding, carrying, protecting, and grooming them more often than their own, larger pups.

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