News tagged with ancestral line

Reversing ecology reveals ancient environments

From hair color to the ancestral line of parasitic bacteria, scientists can glean a lot from genes. But imagine if genes also revealed where you lived or who you spent time with. It turns out they do, if you know where and ...

Biology /

Feb 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Nature's gift for gardening may hold key to biodiversity

Gardeners are used to cross-breeding flowers to produce pretty petals or sweet scents - now scientists have shown the importance of nature's talent for producing new types of flowers.

Biology / Evolution

Sep 13, 2010 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0