Hari Krishnan R, SRM Institute of Science and Technology An Epithelial-Mesenchymal transition is a reversible event that occurs in embryonic development and cancer. As indicated by the name, this process involves the conversion of epithelial cells to mesenchymal cells. Cells undergoing this process are highly capable of migration, proliferation, and differentiation into various cell types. […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Researchers, for the first time, have been successfully able to sequence the entire genome from the skull of PeşteraMuierii 1. She is a woman who lived about 35,000 years ago in today’s Romania. Muierii woman is somehow related to Europeans, though she is not a direct ancestor. This study […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Sharks (Subclass: Elasmobranchii) are among those species that exhibit site fidelity, which means that no matter how far they migrate, they always find their way “home”(just like turtles). It has been speculated by scientists for some time now that migratory species like sharks can do this by using electrosensory organs […]
Koustav Maiti, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara The monarch butterflies ( Danaus plexippus ) are very special migratory insects, traveling a vertebrate-like long distance of 4000 km, each year to reach their overwintering ground in Central Mexico. These butterflies use various survival strategies during migration. At low temperatures, they roost in the tree branches […]
