Sentences with phrase «flatworms live»

Starving yeast and flatworms live longer when they express a gene called Sir2 (ScienceNOW, 8 May, 2003).

These flatworms live off energy provided by the green algae they store in their tissues — allowing them to spend their lives sunbathing on sandy beaches

Not exact matches

The Persian carpet flatworm, the cuttlefish and the black ghost knifefish look nothing like each other — their last common ancestor lived 550 million years ago, before the Cambrian period — but a new study uses a combination of computer simulations, a robotic fish and video footage of real fish to show that all three aquatic creatures have evolved to swim with elongated fins using the same mechanical motion that optimizes their speed, helping to ensure their survival.

Murty has since died — though his name lives on in a namesake flatworm, Pseudodiplodiscoides murtyi — and Rao could not be located to confirm the theory.

To take another prominent example, a low - calorie diet is known to increase the life spans of creatures ranging from flatworms to rats, but no one knows why, or whether it will help humans live longer.

Take one live planarian flatworm.

Background: Small non-coding RNAs, including miRNAs, and gene silencing mediated by RNA interference have been described in free - living and parasitic lineages of flatworms, but only few key factors of the small RNA pathways have been exhaustively investigated in a limited number of species.

We here described all the putative small RNA pathways present in both free living and parasitic flatworm lineages.

His current efforts are aimed at elucidating the molecular basis of regeneration using the free - living flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea.

Other key factors such as Dicer are also duplicated, with Dicer - 2 showing structural differences between trematodes, cestodes and free - living flatworms.

Understanding these phylum - specific innovations and the differences between free living and parasitic species might provide clues to adaptations to parasitism, and would be relevant for gene - silencing technology development for parasitic flatworms that infect hundreds of million people worldwide.

With an extensive soft coral garden hosting plenty of xenia specimens, some macro life was found: nudibranchs, like the Chromodoris and Flabellina, flatworms, Orangutan and Porcelain Crab and also the Raja Ampat Denise Pygmy Seahorse!

Some of the marine life seen during the dive included: Banded Sea Snake, Day Octopus, Hawksbill Turtle and smaller creatures, like the Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse, nudibranchs, five different kinds of flatworms, headshield slug, Hairy Shrimp and even a nocturnal Epaulette Shark.

The visibility, even though limited, did nt keep the divers from encountering a Barramundi Grouper, a couple of Wobbeng Sharks, a Pygmy Seahorse, a Crocodile Flathead together with other macro life found (nudibranchs and flatworms) on the hard and soft coral present especially on the shallower part of the dive site.

Some of the macro life seen on this dive included: Orangutan Crab, flatworms, blennies, Hydroid Crab and also the first specimen of the endemic Raja Ampat Epaulette Shark, also known as the Walking Shark.

Some of the macro life seen on this dive included: Orangutan Crab, flatworms, blennies, Hydroid Crab and also an Electric Clam!