Researchers of our Institute discovered that organisms can evolve surprisingly quickly by re-using ancient gene variants that were once useful. Understanding how species manage to adapt quickly is important in times of sudden changes in climate and environment.
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04/12/2018
Rapid Evolution Through Defrosted Ice Age Genes
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Reinout Verbeke
23/05/2018
Urbanization Affects Animal Body Size
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Reinout VerbekeAnimals in cities are considerably smaller or larger than species on the countryside, a large study concludes. Co-author Frederik Hendrickx (RBINS): ‘Urbanization puts a great selection pressure on species and could disrupt ecosystems.’
04/12/2017
Scientists Finish ‘Atlas of life’
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Jonas Van BoxelAn international team of researchers has made a catalogue of all reptiles on Earth. It is the last chapter in the ‘Atlas of life’, the first global review of all vertebrates on our planet. The atlas can be an important tool for the conservation of wildlife.
16/10/2017
28 New Amphipod Species Discovered in Antarctica
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Reinout VerbekeBiologists Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz and Marie Verheye of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences have discovered no less than 28 new amphipod species in Antarctica.
04/08/2017
Belgian Scientists Study Ebola Outbreak in Congo
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Reinout VerbekeIn North-Congo, Belgian scientists have studied the cause of a local ebola outbreak. This outbreak took four lives in May.
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