News tagged with hybrid offspring

Rapidly evolving gene contributes to origin of species

A gene that helped one species split into two species shows evidence of adapting much faster than other genes in the genome, raising questions about what is driving its rapid evolution.

Biology /

Feb 05, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (11) | 1

Human-Neanderthal coupling was rare: study

Scientists have shown that modern humans have some traces of genes from Neanderthals, but a study out Monday suggests that any breeding between the two was most likely a rare event.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Sep 12, 2011 | 4 / 5 (10) | 4