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How many times did terrestrial life emerge from the ocean?

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Can rats pass on memories of a maze to their offspring?

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Which organism has the smallest genome length?

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How long will a vegetable live for after being harvested?

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Why is polyploidy lethal for some organisms while for others is not?

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When has an organism evolved enough to be called a new species?

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How do trees manage to grow equally in all directions?

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How does a plant grow before photosynthesis is possible?

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Why should I degas my gel solution for polyacrylamide gels?

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How does this illusion work?

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Does electricity cause damage on a cellular level?

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Are there any motile plants?

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Is Behe's experiment (evolving the bacterial flagellum) plausible in the lab?

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Introductory books about evolution

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Is the theory of evolution being disproved by bats?

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Why is the Kakapo more attracted to humans than its own kind?

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How do plant galls form?

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How will rising carbon dioxide levels in the troposphere affect photosynthetic producers?

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Is it the case that all changes in phenotype during life are not inheritable?

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Can siRNA induce DNA methylation in mammalian cells?

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Is sexual reproduction outside the same biological family possible? Has it ever occured successfully?

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Genetic Models for Natural Selection?

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Introductory literature for synthetic / systems biology

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What are the white dots on the tree in this photo?

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Black bumps on the cut surface of an avocado

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Why does so much variation exist within species?

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Do any plants exhibit hormonal changes similar to puberty?

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Are there any plants that fix their own nitrogen?

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Why are (some) cats attracted by bleach?

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How does Yeast-two-hybrid detect interactions between several proteins in one experiment?

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