AA << phylogenetic analyses suggest that this major retroviral lineage, and therefore retroviruses as a whole, have an ancient marine origin and originated together with, if not before, their jawed vertebrate hosts >450 million years ago in the Ordovician period, early Palaeozoic Era. >>
Pakorn Aiewsakun, Aris Katzourakis. Marine origin of retroviruses in the early Palaeozoic Era. Nature Communications 8 , Article number: 13954 (2017) doi :10.1038/ncomms13954. 10 Jan. 2017.
<< In vitro cellular reprogramming through the expression of the four transcription factors OCT4, SOX2, KLF4 and MYC (OSKM) has been shown to ameliorate age-associated cellular phenotypes, including gene expression profiles, telomere length and oxidative stress >>
Kim Baumann. Forever young. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. Publ online 5 Jan 2017; doi:10.1038/nrm.2016.176
http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nrm.2016.176.html
Jane Cai, Wendy Wu. Don't blame globalisation for world's ills, Xi Jinping tells Davos. Publ. 17 Jan., 2017 5:23pm
http://m.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2062840/watch-xi-jinping-live-davos
AA << found that just three traits explained most variation in diversification and species numbers among phyla: the most successful phyla have a skeleton (either internal or external), live on land (instead of in the ocean), and parasitize other organisms. >>
<< Other traits, including those that might seem more dramatic, had surprisingly little impact on diversification and species numbers: evolutionary accomplishments such as having a head, limbs, and complex organ systems for circulation and digestion don't seem to be primary accessories in the evolutionary "dress for success." >>
<< "Parasitism isn't correlated with any of the other traits, so it seems to have a strong effect on its own," said Wiens [John Wiens]. >>
How to be winner in the game of evolution. Jan. 13, 2017
https://m.phys.org/news/2017-01-winner-game-evolution.html
Tereza Jezkova, John J. Wiens. What Explains Patterns of Diversification and Richness among Animal Phyla? The American Naturalist (2017). DOI: 10.1086/690194
<< Italy is in the midst of a serious banking crisis, but the government is wasting both time and money trying to save the country's struggling lenders >>
<< the sector's mountains of bad loans are only a symptom , not the cause of Italy's problems >>
<< Italy is totally moribund >>
Société Générale strategist Albert Edwards.
Sara Sjolin. Permabear Edwards: 'Waste of time' to save Italian banks. Publ. Jan 13, 2017 2:45 am
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/permabear-edwards-waste-of-time-to-save-italian-banks-2017-01-12
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<< le banche italiane sono rischiose come quelle di Turchia, Thailandia, Irlanda e Brasile e (..) il loro livello di rischio è superiore a quello delle banche polacche e spagnole >>
<< stiamo parlando di uno stock intorno ai 260 miliardi >> Mirko Sanna, S&P.
Laura Naka Antonelli. Banche italiane, S&P: “rischiose come quelle di Brasile e Turchia”. 13 Gen 2017
http://www.wallstreetitalia.com/banche-italiane-sp-rischiose-come-quelle-di-brasile-e-turchia/
<< Billionaire hedge-fund manager George Soros lost nearly $1 billion as a result of the stock-market rally spurred by Donald Trump's surprise presidential election >>
Gregory Zuckerman, Juliet Chung. Hedge Funds. Billionaire George Soros Lost Nearly $1 Billion in Weeks After Trump Election. Jan. 13, 2017 4:10 a.m. ET
<< Questa volta invece Soros è stato vittima della "sindrome Brexit": prigioniero anche lui della convinzione che le vittorie populiste affondano i mercati. Non sempre è così. O almeno non subito. >>
Federico Rampini. Finanza Usa, Soros sbaglia su Trump e perde un miliardo di dollari. 13 Gennaio 2017
http://www.repubblica.it/economia/finanza/2017/01/13/news/soros_trump-155929113/
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<< the paradox of speciation: a gradual, continuous process that ultimately leads to distinct biological entities >>
Genome study reveals 'gray zone' of animals transitioning from one species to two. Dec. 27, 2016.
http://m.phys.org/news/2016-12-genome-reveals-gray-zone-animals.html
AA << show that the "grey zone" of speciation — the intermediate state in which species definition is controversial — spans from 0.5% to 2% of molecular divergence, with these thresholds being independent of species life history traits and ecology. >>
Roux C, Fraisse C, et al. Shedding Light on the Grey Zone of Speciation along a Continuum of Genomic Divergence. PLoS Biol 2016; 14(12): e2000234. Publ. Dec. 27, 2016. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234
http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234
