European cisco – genetic adaptation to variation in salinity and spawning time
European cisco roe is known as a Swedish delicacy. A new study has shown that there are different…
Genomics will forever reshape forensic science and criminal justice | Genome Biology
Historically, genomics and forensic science have progressed along distinct trajectories. Genomics, driven by large-scale initiatives like the Human…
Regulation of heterosis-associated gene expression complementation in maize hybrids | Genome Biology
Plant genetic resources The IBM-RIL syn. 4 population [19] represents a collection of highly diversified genotypes with respect…
Autism’s High Prevalence Could Be an Evolutionary Trade-Off
Scientists have uncovered evidence that autism-linked genes evolved unusually quickly in humans, possibly shaping traits like prolonged brain…
Deep-Sea Ghost Sharks Grow Teeth on Their Foreheads, and Scientists Finally Know Why
Caught male Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) showing the [extended/erect] frontal clasper (tenaculum) on the front of the head.…
New Species of “Living Fossil” Fish Found Hiding in Plain Sight After 150 Years
Reconstruction of a large mawsoniid coelacanth from the British Rhaetian. Credit: Daniel Phillips Researchers found dozens of Triassic…
50-Million-Year-Old Sea Turtle Unearthed in Syria Stuns Paleontologists
Carapace of Syriemys lelunensis: The genus name combines the Greek words Συρία (Suría) and ἐμύς (emús), i.e., “Syria”…
The role of Cacao agroforests in the genetic conservation of Cariniana legalis, an emblematic species of the atlantic forest | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Our study on the genetic diversity and population structure C. legalis, an endemic and endangered tree from the…
Flamingos Could Hold the Secret to Slower Aging, Study Reveals
Can the decision to migrate shape how animals age? A decades-long study of flamingos in France reveals that…
Scientists transfer courtship behavior between species
In a breakthrough study, scientists have transferred a courtship behavior from one species to another, triggering the recipient…
Twenty years of tuberculosis-driven selection shaped the evolution of the meerkat major histocompatibility complex
Fijarczyk, A. & Babik, W. Detecting balancing selection in genomes: limits and prospects. Mol. Ecol. 24, 3529–3545 (2015).…
The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years | Genome Biology
Gómez-Carballa, A., Olivieri, A., Behar, D.M., Achilli, A., Torroni, A., and Salas, A. . Genetic Continuity in the…