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How many times did life emerge from the ocean?

evolution

aug 14 at 12:09 Richard Smith 5,639

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Why do plants have green leaves and not red?

oct 11 at 5:56 S. Albano 145

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Life without DNA?

dna

jan 9 '12 at 17:48 Tobias Kienzler 374

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Why 20 amino acids instead of 64?

biochemistry evolution genetics amino-acids

jan 29 at 9:22 Vanessa 1

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

evolution embryology chromosome polyploidy

jun 8 '12 at 13:50 Richard Smith 5,639

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How do cockroaches resist the effects of ionizing radiation?

dna zoology radiation entomology

jan 31 '12 at 13:51 Alexander Galkin 4,469

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How does the sensitive plant detect vibrations?

botany

sep 13 at 6:20 aland 279

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What are the trajectories of flying insects?

zoology biophysics mathematical-models collective-behaviour entomology

feb 16 '12 at 14:49 Rory M♦ 5,691

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What exactly are computers used for in DNA sequencing?

dna bioinformatics dna-sequencing

apr 18 '12 at 19:38 Konrad Rudolph 2,440

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Evolutionary origin and exogenous cues of ~28 day infradian rhythm?

biochemistry evolution chronobiology

may 16 '12 at 3:06 Matthew Piziak 296

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Is it necessary to conduct a power analysis before beginning an experiment?

statistics experimental-design

jun 15 '12 at 15:17 Artem Kaznatcheev 1,017

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How, on a physical level, does ATP confer energy?

biochemistry molecular-biology biophysics

jan 11 '12 at 14:30 nico 4,124

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How do fairy rings propagate?

mycology

dec 19 '11 at 14:18 Community♦ 1

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Is there any convincing evidence for the existence of nanobacteria?

microbiology astrobiology

jan 9 '12 at 19:33 Poshpaws 3,300

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Death because of distilled water consumption

human-biology biochemistry

mar 24 at 3:30 Western Spaceport 1

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Why do ants live so long?

zoology entomology collective-behaviour

jul 2 at 16:19 StephUnna 1,085

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Do insects' muscles become stronger with exercise?

entomology

feb 7 '12 at 20:12 StephUnna 1,085

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

epigenetics memory

aug 28 at 0:32 atomadam2 361

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How is the blood volume of a living organism measured without killing it?

zoology physiology cardiology

apr 17 '12 at 16:50 Rory M♦ 5,691

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Online Molecular and Cellular Biology Video Lectures?

molecular-biology cell-biology

apr 15 '12 at 1:04 leonardo 3,816

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How do the brain and nerves create electrical pulses?

human-biology neuroscience

may 8 '12 at 17:27 Community♦ 1

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How do trees manage to grow equally in all directions?

botany plant-physiology

jun 15 '12 at 23:32 Richard Smith 5,639

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Which organism has the smallest genome length?

dna genomes

mar 12 '12 at 0:34 Richard Smith 5,639

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Why does regular exercise increase brain volume?

neuroscience neuroanatomy senescence

jan 5 '12 at 4:18 kmm♦ 4,703

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Why is glucose our primary source of energy?

evolution biochemistry metabolism

jul 26 at 23:14 LanceLafontaine 2,828

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What is the most difficult feature to explain evolutionarily?

evolution

may 6 '12 at 20:41 Abel 168

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Percentage of genome devoted to regulating gene expression

gene-expression genomics gene-regulation

may 9 '12 at 15:06 Shep 809

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Questions to ask to a panel of people that will be sequenced

dna-sequencing human-genetics

feb 24 '12 at 15:22 Rory M♦ 5,691

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Which is more important for protein expression mRNA structure or codon optimization?

gene-expression

mar 14 '12 at 17:51 Gergana Vandova 3,698

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How many human proteins have a solved 3D structure?

proteins structural-biology 3d-structure

jan 15 '12 at 20:53 Aleksandra Kos 1,194

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