Biology article list
Tohoku University discovers fungus that does not have brain and nervous system, decision and memory ability
Assistant Professor Yu Fukasawa of the Tohoku University Graduate School of Agriculture and Lin Lin of Cardiff University in the UK have discovered that fungi, which do not have a brain or nervous system, have decision-making and memory abilities.
Elucidating the genetic characteristics of Japanese height, high height may have been disadvantageous
A joint research group of RIKEN and the University of Tokyo conducted genome analysis of about 19 Japanese people and identified 573 genetic variations related to height […].
Okayama University, a group of genes that control pretending to be dead, was the first in the world to discover
A research group led by Professor Takahisa Miyatake of Okayama University has collaborated with Tokyo University of Agriculture and Tamagawa University to search for genes that control "length of imitation of death" […].
Discovered by Kyoto University, hatching stops when touching tick eggs
Assistant Professor Shuichi Yano and Kaoru Fukuse, a student at the Faculty of Agriculture at Kyoto University (currently at the Saitama Agricultural Technology Research Center), discovered that 0.5 mm long predators attack tick eggs.
Outpatient mongoose rapidly develops escape behavior of native frogs
Research groups from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, National Institute for Environmental Studies, and Forestry Research Institute have announced that an endangered frog (Amamihanasakigae […]) is located on Amami Oshima.
Gastric proton pump transports one ion at a time, Nagoya University elucidates
The research group of Associate Professor Kazuhiro Abe of Nagoya University succeeded in determining the number of ions transported at one time by the gastric proton pump, which is responsible for the secretion of gastric acid. […]
Hokkaido University and others have determined that it is a new species, and named it "Sato's beakle".
A research group at the National Museum of Nature and Science and Hokkaido University has confirmed the existence of a new species of whale, "Sato's beakle".
Proposing new teaching materials and lesson practice methods to learn "vegetative reproduction" Kyoto Sangyo University
Professor Seisuke Kimura and Rumi Amano (3rd year doctoral student) of Kyoto Sangyo University and others are Rorippa aquatica ([…]), a cruciferous plant.
Nesting traces of the Gobi Desert reveal a group nesting behavior of dinosaurs that "protect their nests with herds"
An international research team from the University of Tsukuba, Hokkaido University, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Nature and Human Activities, and others has set off a group nesting site of theropod dinosaurs in the eastern part of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. […]
The world's first discovery of invertebrates, including lugworms, making loud noises Kyoto University, etc.
A research group led by Assistant Professor Ryutaro Goto of Kyoto University, in collaboration with the University of Alberta (Canada), is collaborating with the University of Alberta (Canada) to study a species of annelid, the Kimurahanakagootohimegoka […]