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Quest Volume 9 Number 3 2013
Year of Publication : 2013
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Abstract (English) : The universal genetic code QUEST examines the revolution; First human genome sequenced on the African continent; Wilda Fourie-Basson reveals Stellenbosch University's cutting edge; DNA analysis reveals the true origin of the chameleon: QUEST talks to Krystal Tolley about the role of DNA in elucidating the origins of the chameleon; DNA sequencing, velvet worms and conservation Wilda Fourie-Basson explains how understanding the DNA of these little-known animals is vital to their conservation; The oldest scorpion QUEST investigates one of the oldest land animals found in southern Africa; Short tails, hind limbs and evolution in birds QUEST looks at research that tells us that short tails are vital to modern bird morphology and ecology; Tiny technology reaching for the stars Helen Henninger shows how nanotechnology is moving into space; Golden Wattle's promiscuous relationships ensure Invasion success: Wilda Fourie-Basson looks at the way that alien invasive are potentially changing the bacterial make up of local soils; DNA and the complexity of life - Infinitely more questions than answers: Wilda Fourie-Basson interviews Stellenbosch University
palaeontologist Juries van den Heever; The Public Understanding of Biotechnology (PUB) Programme SAASTA engages the public; The odd couple 250 million years ago two different species shared a burrow: QUEST explains the significance of this; Emerging leaders: seven South African women take on Silicon Valley and STEM TechWomen and the future; iSlmangaliso's coelacanths
News of these wonderful living 'fossils
Publisher : Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Sponsorship : Academy of Science of South Africa: Department of Science and Innovation
ISSN : 1729-830X
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