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NANOSPIDERS MADE OF DNA. "Two spiders are walking along a track – a seemingly ordinary scene, but these are no ordinary spiders. They are molecular robots and they, like the tracks they stride over, are fashioned from DNA." http://science.sciencemag.org/content/345/6198/795 View in LinkedIn

KEYS TO ANT SUCCESS. "Efficient mechanisms of division of labour, in particular series–parallel operation and transfer of information among group members, are key components of the tremendous ecological success of ants." http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v406/n6799/full/406992a0.html View in LinkedIn

FROM GENE TO PHENOTYPE. "There is a clear need to study the molecular genetic basis of migration, which may bridge the gap between genes and phenotype." http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/02/11/rspb.2010.2567 View in LinkedIn

CAUSE OR EFFECT? "Despite extensive research over decades, the molecular, physiological and endocrinological mechanisms underlying the regulation of migratory movements remain largely unknown. In particular, it remains unclear whether endocrine changes are a cause or an effect of migratory processes." http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/02/11/rspb.2010.2567 View in LinkedIn

MOLECULAR BASIS OF MIGRATION. "The lack of knowledge of the molecular basis of migration is currently not only limiting our insight into the proximate control of migration, but also into its evolution." http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/02/11/rspb.2010.2567 View in LinkedIn

HALF OF ALL BIRDS MIGRATE. "Each year roughly 50 billion birds, involving about half of all avian species, perform some type of migratory movement." (8 times the global human population annually migrates). https://lnkd.in/dapscwg View in LinkedIn

VANESSA CARDIU. "The whole journey is not undertaken by individual butterflies but is a series of steps by up to six successive generations so Painted Ladies returning to Africa in the autumn are several generations removed from their ancestors who left Africa earlier in the year." Six successive generations to complete this migration in one summer, leapfrogging generationally over space and time. https://lnkd.in/dbZX3Du View in LinkedIn

UNLIKELY CANDIDATE. "The extent of the annual journey undertaken by the Painted Lady butterfly is astonishing. This tiny creature weighing less than a gram with a brain the size of a pin head and no opportunity to learn from older, experienced individuals, undertakes an epic intercontinental migration in order to find plants for its caterpillars to eat." https://lnkd.in/dbZX3Du View in LinkedIn

PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY MIGRATION. "The findings also revealed that the species undertakes a phenomenal 9,000 mile round trip from tropical Africa to the Arctic Circle – almost double the length of the famous migrations undertaken by Monarch butterflies in North America." A record holder. https://lnkd.in/dbZX3Du View in LinkedIn

GENETIC BASIS SUSPECTED. "Several lines of evidence, including quantitative genetic analyses and experimental approaches, suggest that this variation may be partially genetically determined, derived from standing genetic variation and controlled by a few genes of large effect; experimental approaches include displacement; and common gardens." https://lnkd.in/dWFycUQ View in LinkedIn