Accidental spills of petroleum or crude oil into the sea cause widespread damage to marine ecosystems worldwide. The most notorious component of crude oil is…
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Scientists are always fascinated by the various kinds of adaptations that mangroves possess to survive in coastal areas. Mangroves are salt-tolerant plants growing in tropical…
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Today we separate the two most common ways of managing pollination services in crops. One is the use of managed bees, such as honey bees…
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The extraction and refining of natural resources from the subsoil through mining and metallurgical activities has produced much of the wealth of today’s society. However,…
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Arthropods have spatially repetitive units, called segments, along their body axis, which is a tightly-conserved feature in arthropod evolution. The signs of this spatial repetition…
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Pollution is one of the main problems the environment faces. Natural levels of heavy metals (HM) have increased during the industrial era to the point…
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Metamorphosis in the animal kingdom involves choreographing a complex series of cell rearrangements, cell deaths, and cell divisions. In insects, discrete cell populations that are…
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From the Old World to the New, mythologies of origins typically portray the emergence of agriculture as a gift or blessing from benevolent gods, seemingly…
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With more than 40 species of marine mammals present on their waters, Mexico represents a hotspot for whales, dolphins, and seals of the world. However,…
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Nature plays an important role in human activities. It is considered an important capital and is crucial for the development of the economy and social…
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The world is green, apparently… This trivial assertion unleashed an ecological theory, which is now approaching half a century of age, and which sparked a…
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