Browsing by Subject "genomes"

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    • How to age gracefully? Ask a bowhead whale 

      Dunham, Will (Manila Bulletin, January 8, 2015, on page 12)
      To learn the secret behind aging gracefully, you may want to check out the bowhead whale, the majestic denizen of the Arctic waters that boasts a lifespan topping 200 years. Scientists on Monday unveiled the genetic blueprint ...

    • Inbreeding won't doom the last of the vaquitas, but fishing might - study 

      (Manila Bulletin, May 9, 2022, on page 7)
      Vaquita porpoise are on the edge of extinction, with just 10 left in their sole habitat within Mexico's Gulf of California. However, a new study published Thursday in the journal Science offers some hope: the world's rarest ...

    • Of zorses, wholphins and ligers 

      Carroll, Sean B. (Manila Bulletin, September 25, 2010, on page 10)
      Trainers at Hawaii Sea Life Park were stunned when a 182-kilogram gray bottlenose dolphin gave birth in 1985 to a dark-skinned calf that partly resembled a 909-kilogram false killer whale she shared a tank with. The calf ...

    • Scientists find clues why 'immortal jellyfish' got that name 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 31, 2022, on page A9)
      Scientists in Spain have unlocked the genetic code of the immortal jellyfish—a creature capable of repeatedly reverting into a juvenile state— in hopes of unearthing the secret to their unique longevity, and find new clues ...

    • A whale of a story on how to age gracefully 

      Reuters (Malaya, January 7, 2015, on page B5)
      To learn the secret behind aging gracefully, you may want to check out the bowhead whale, the majestic denizen of the Arctic waters that boasts a lifespan topping 200 years. Scientists on Monday unveiled the genetic blueprint ...