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Researchers have sequenced the genomes and transcriptomes of five species of African cichlid fishes and uncovered a variety of features that enabled the fishes to thrive in new habitats and ecological niches within the Great Lakes of East Africa.
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Scientists have shown that RNA from within cells of a common yeast can serve as a template for repairing DNA.
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The large infusion of marine oil had wide-ranging effects on Gulf of Mexico microbes
GT Biology 2012 PhD graduate Douglas Rasher won the George Mercer Award from the Ecological Society of America this year.