Genetic diversity is the raw material that enables populations to evolve in response to changes in the environment—essentially, the more diversity the better.
Evolution
Jan 30, 2023
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A new study confounds conceptions about the origins of the Saimaa ringed seal. In addition, scientists have observed that the genetic diversity of the Saimaa ringed seal decreased in the 20th century as a result of human ...
Evolution
Jan 30, 2023
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It's often assumed that island plant and animal populations are just the simple, fragile cousins of those on the mainland. But now, researchers from Japan have discovered that island populations may be a lot tougher and more ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 20, 2023
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The red junglefowl—the wild ancestor of the chicken—is losing its genetic diversity by interbreeding with domesticated birds, according to a new study led by Frank Rheindt of the National University of Singapore published ...
Evolution
Jan 19, 2023
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A new study led by Western biological anthropology professor Jay Stock, suggests that milk consumption in some regions between 7,000 and 2,000 years ago led to an increase in human body mass and stature. This ran counter ...
Evolution
Jan 17, 2023
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Lizards that once dwelled in forests but now slink around urban areas have genetically morphed to survive life in the city, researchers have found.
Plants & Animals
Jan 14, 2023
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In the 1950s, the geneticist J.B.S. Haldane attributed the maintenance or persistence of the mutation responsible for anomalies in red blood cells commonly observed in Africa to the protection these anomalies provided against ...
Evolution
Jan 13, 2023
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The movement of people across the Bering Sea from North Asia to North America is a well-known phenomenon in early human history. Nevertheless, the genetic makeup of the people who lived in North Asia during this time has ...
Archaeology
Jan 12, 2023
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A new study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) sheds light on how blackbucks in India have fared in the face of natural and human-induced challenges to their survival. The work, among the first of its kind in its ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2023
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A recent study by Prof. Chong Kang's group from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has revealed a novel cold domesticated repair mechanism for DNA damage in rice, providing corresponding elite ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 6, 2023
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