African, American, and European researchers working in collaboration over a 10-year period have released the largest-ever study of African genetic data--more than four million genotypes--providing a library of new information ...
Other
Apr 30, 2009
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The enigmatic Tasmanian tiger, known also as the thylacine, was hunted to extinction in the wild at the turn of the 20th century, and the last one died in a Tasmanian zoo in 1936.
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2012
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A new study provides "incontrovertible evidence" that the volcanic super-eruption of Toba on the island of Sumatra about 73,000 years ago deforested much of central India, some 3,000 miles from the epicenter, researchers ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 23, 2009
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The burgeoning field of macrogenetics is the focus of a new review published in Nature Reviews Genetics by a global, multidisciplinary team of researchers seeking to better answer fundamental biodiversity questions.
Evolution
Aug 19, 2021
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using powerful genome sequencing tools created for human genetics, researchers can now exploit the genetic diversity of crops to improve productivity, sustainability and nutrition, a Cornell researcher reported ...
Biotechnology
Feb 22, 2011
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(Phys.org) —A combined team of researchers from the University of Melbourne and the organization Wildlife Conservation and Science has found that mice grown in captivity don't necessarily breed with mice living in their ...
Scientists have pieced together the first complete picture of the Florida panther genome—work that could serve to protect that endangered population and other endangered species going forward.
Ecology
Oct 3, 2019
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UNSW scientists have added to the growing body of research into genetic markers that are important for animal conservation.
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2019
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Scientists have revealed the genetic structure and diversity and inferred the population history of the wild house mouse across Europe and Asia.
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2022
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Biology textbooks maintain that the main function of sex is to promote genetic diversity. But Henry Heng, Ph.D., associate professor in WSU's Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, says that's not the case.
Evolution
Jul 7, 2011
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