A small population of California burrowing owls is getting a helping hand when it comes to romance—from a team of devoted ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

Chromosomal inversions are an important class of genetic variation that link multiple alleles together into a single inherited block that can have important effects on fitness. To study the role of ...

According to DNA testing, the years of release have come at a cost to native wild mallards. A 2023 DNA study of a thousand ducks in the flyway showed the European DNA more dominant than that of ...

1 Psychological Health Center of Excellence, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA, United States 2 Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA, United ...

Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic, Dune. Rather, it’s an enigmatic and tiny mammal ...

All human genetic diversity can be traced to recombination and de novo mutations, DNA sequence present in the child but not in the parents. The map shows that mutations are elevated near regions of ...

The divide between their lineage and ours narrowed even further in 2010, when researchers published the first Neandertal genome sequence. Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA ...

Of course, though, testing a child's parentage based on physical features is far too subjective — that's typically where DNA tests come in. Such tests can offer a far more scientific way of ...

First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has cut its copper guidance by 3.5% at the midpoint, citing Zambian mine sequencing, while politics has kept Cobre Panama idle. The Toronto-headquartered company ...