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Blanding's turtles at risk of extinction in Kanata in next few years, study finds

New research suggests an Ottawa-area freshwater turtle is under threat of extinction within the next few years due to the mass urban growth near its habitat in Kanata's South March Highlands.

From the CBC News-2023-9-28:8:5:1


Nature crisis: One in six species at risk of extinction in Great Britain

The loss of Britain's wildlife is outpacing efforts to conserve and protect nature, a major report reveals.

From the BBC News-2023-9-27:20:6:1


Google DeepMind AI speeds up search for disease genes

Google DeepMind has used its technology to identify parts of human DNA that might cause diseases.

From the BBC News-2023-9-19:14:6:1


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Journal of Heredity Podcasts for teaching evolution. (Sep 18).

Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils, by Dale E. Greenwalt, from Princeton University Press. (Sep 16).

Microbial Life History: The Fundamental Forces of Biological Design, Steven A. Frank, from Princeton University Press. (Sep 9).

Cheminformatics and Bioinformatics at the Interface with Systems Biology: Bridging Chemistry and Medicine by Aman Chandra Kaushik, Aamir Mehmood, Dongqing Wei, Sadia Nawab, Shakti Sahi, Ajay Kumar. From Royal Society of Chemistry. (Sep 2).

Systems Genetics Linking Genotypes and Phenotypes, from Cambridge University Press. (Aug 26).

Frontiers in Social Evolution; a weekly seminar series starting Sept 5 to Dec 12. (Aug 22).

Bioinformatics: A Practical Guide to Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis, by H.D. Ismail, from Chapman & Hall/CRC. (Aug 19).


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Sep 29 08:00Tensor decomposition based feature extraction and classification to detect natural selection from genomic data - (MBE)
Sep 28 20:00Regulation and remodeling of microbial symbiosis in insect metamorphosis - Sayumi Oishi, Minoru Moriyama, Masaki Mizutani, Ryo Futahashi, Takema Fukatsu (PNAS)
Sep 28 16:00"Evolution of the mutation spectrum across a mammalian phylogeny" - (MBE)
Sep 28 16:00A Chromosome-level Genome Assembly of the Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) Provides Novel Insights into Stonustoxin (sntx) Genes - (MBE)
Sep 28 08:00The first high-quality chromosome-level genome of the Lutjanus erythropterus (Bloch, 1790) using stLFR and Hi-C technologies - (GBE)
Sep 28 08:00Genomic variation, population history, and long-term genetic adaptation to high altitudes in Tibetan Partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae) - (MBE)
Sep 27 12:00No Signs of Adaptations For High Flight Intensity in the Mitochondrial Genome of Birds - (GBE)

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