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The dilemma of similar boas

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Scientists at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the University of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources used genetics to discover that the Mona Island boa and the Virgin Islands boa are different species and not subspecies of the same.

 

The paper detailing this research was published in “Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution” 88, 144–153 en abril del 2015.

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The millenary journey of a species

Submitted on 26 November 2013 - 3:21pm

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Scientists from the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez studied the mitochondrial DNA of Caribbean geckos to understand their evolution.

 

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Save the Parrot with Style / Desfile de Moda pro Cotorra Boricua, Casa Isleña, Puntas, Rincón

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Save the Parrot with Style
Saturday, March 16
Casa Isleña, Puntas, Rincón

Featuring:
- Miss Turismo Latino P.R.
- Jewelry Collection by Greetchen Díaz presented by models of the West Fashion Week
- Live music, raffle gifts from local shops and restaurants
- Free food

Donation: $5
To benefit The Puertorrican Parrot Genome Project and the Caribbean Genome Center (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez)

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"Tree of Life" Exhibition: Nebraska, San Francisco, Massachusets and Chicago

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The project was developed through a three-year, $2.3 million NSF grant. The exhibit will be featured in four museums across the United States — Morrill Hall, Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, Mass., California Institute of Sciences in San Francisco, and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

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Reunión de Sociedad de Biología Molecular y Evolución (SMBE) en Puerto Rico 2014

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Por medio de Facebook, el Profesor Taras K. Oleksyk de la UPR Mayagüez, nos informa que la Sociedad de Biología Molecular y Evolución (Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, SMBE) será en Puerto Rico en el 2014.

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A window into evolution

Submitted on 22 March 2012 - 10:47pm

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A Caribbean lizard, a hurricane and a group of scientists that includes a Puerto Rican professor got "together" to help answer one of evolution's most fundamental questions. This article is part of Ciencia Puerto Rico's collaboration with El Nuevo Día.

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