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These fungi have more than 17,000 sexes

Fungi of the genus Trichaptum have a mating system where thousands of mating types give them a much better chance of finding a compatible partner.

Fungi don’t have eyes, ears or other organs to help them, but a group of fungi have a much more intricate mating system that almost guarantees success when they send their spores out searching for a mate.

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Special feature of PNAS on The Gregor Johann Mendel and Evolutionary Biology Special Feature Aug. 8, 2022 10:58 AM

Nils Chr. Stenseth, Leif Andersson, and Hopi E. Hoekstra organized a special feature of PNAS.
Bronze medal in the International Biology Olympiad Aug. 3, 2022 10:52 AM

The four Norwegian participants in this year's International Biology Olympiad all made an honorable effort, but Ole Einar Dalen was a notch ahead of the others.
New face: Siyan Li July 5, 2022 10:23 AM

Visiting PhD Research Fellow. From China.
New face: Samuel James Walker July 4, 2022 2:21 PM

New Postdoctoral Fellow at Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES). From the UK.

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Dette er en miljøkatastrofe Aug. 15, 2022 10:14 AM
Torske-gener er ikke kartlagt slik som villaksens gener. Man vet ikke i hvilken grad den enkelte fjord har sin torskefamilie. Og, dette er ikke gjort for noen av de andre fiskeslagene heller.
Mendel 200 år: - Han var helt avgjørende for Darwins evolusjonsteori Aug. 12, 2022 10:56 AM
I dag er fjorden nesten tom for fisk Aug. 12, 2022 6:11 AM
Torske-gener er ikke kartlagt slik som villaksens gener. Man vet ikke i hvilken grad den enkelte fjord har sin torskefamilie. Og, dette er ikke gjort for noen av de andre fiskeslagene heller.
200 år sidan munken som «redda» Darwin ble fødd Aug. 12, 2022 4:30 AM
I år er det 200 år sidan genetikkens far, Gregor Johann Mendel blei fødd. Biologiprofessor Nils Chr. Stenseth har tatt initiativet til ei markering.

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Researcher in Comparative Genomics
Department: Department of Biosciences
Faculty: The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Languages: English
Deadline: Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Researcher in T cell biology
Department: Department of Biosciences
Faculty: The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Languages: English
Deadline: Thursday, September 15, 2022

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