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Scientists Compare Genomes of Domestic and Przewalski’s Horses

Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus ssp. przewalskii) in Askania Nova, a biosphere reserve located in Ukraine. Image credit: 2B Patchett / CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sep 25, 2015 by News Staff

Scientists have produced the first comparison of DNA sequences between Przewalski’s horse and the domestic horse. Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus ssp. przewalskii) in Askania Nova, a biosphere reserve located in Ukraine. Image credit: 2B Patchett / CC BY-SA 2.0. Przewalski’s horses were discovered in the Asian steppes of Mongolia and China in the 1870s and represent the last remaining true wild horses. The species became extinct in the wild...

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The California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides). Image credit: Michael LaBarbera.

Scientists Sequence Genome of California Two-Spot Octopus

Aug 13, 2015 by News Staff

An international team of genetic researchers from Japan and the United States has sequenced and analyzed the genome of the common California two-spot octopus...

When the scientists silenced the ‘obesity gene’ in mice, it resulted in a 50% reduction in the amount of white fat. Image credit: Gareth Lim.

Researchers Discover Possible Obesity Gene

Aug 11, 2015 by News Staff

An international team of scientists, led by Dr Gareth Lim and Dr James Johnson from the University of British Columbia, has discovered a gene that could...

Essential parts of the polar bear Y chromosome have been decoded for the first time. Image credit: Axel Janke.

Genetic Researchers Decipher Essential Parts of Polar Bear Y Chromosome

Jul 28, 2015 by News Staff

A team of scientists at the Senckenberg Research Center for Biodiversity and Climate in Frankfurt, Germany, has reconstructed large parts of the male chromosome...

The North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli). Image credit: J. G. Keulemans.

Researchers Sequence Kiwi Genome

Jul 23, 2015 by News Staff

An international group of scientists led by the University of Leipzig, Germany, has sequenced the genome of the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)...

The Korean melon (Cucumis melo L. var. makuwa). Image credit: D. Hutchman / CC BY 2.0.

New Study Reveals Genomic Architecture of Melon Genome

Jul 15, 2015 by News Staff

A team of genetic researchers from Italy and Spain has completed the first comprehensive analysis of the genomes of seven melon varieties. The Korean melon...

This is an artist’s rendition of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). Image credit: Flying Puffin / CC BY-SA 2.0.

New Study Sheds Light on Evolutionary Biology of Woolly Mammoths

Jul 3, 2015 by News Staff

A new study led by Dr Vincent Lynch from the University of Chicago has identified extensive genetic changes responsible for what makes a woolly mammoth...

The Vitruvian Man, a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci around 1490.

New Genetic Research Suggests Humans Evolved To Be Smarter, Taller

Jul 2, 2015 by News Staff

Those who are born to parents from diverse genetic backgrounds tend to be faster-thinking and taller than others, a new study led by Dr Peter Joshi of...

Corals along the Northern part of the Great Barrier Reef. Image credit: Line K Bay / Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Some Corals Have Heat-Tolerant Genes, New Study Shows

Jun 26, 2015 by News Staff

Some reef-building corals have genetic variants necessary to tolerate warm waters, according to a new study co-led by Dr Line Bay from the Australian Institute...

Denisovans were probably dark-skinned, unlike the pale Neandertals. The picture shows a Neanderthal man. Image credit: Mauro Cutrona.

DNA Evidence Shows Early Humans Mated with Neanderthals in Europe

Jun 23, 2015 by News Staff

Genetic analysis of the mandible of an anatomically modern Homo sapiens who lived in what is now Romania between 42,000 and 37,000 years ago reveals that...

Female medaka lacking foxl3 genes shows standard female body shape. In the ovaries of foxl3 mutant female medaka, a large number of sperm and a small number of eggs are formed. Image credit: National Institute for Basic Biology.

Scientists Identify Gene that Determines Germ Cell Fate

Jun 12, 2015 by News Staff

A new study, led by Prof Minoru Tanaka of the National Institute for Basic Biology in Okazaki, Japan, shows that the foxl3 gene, which is expressed in...

Genetic information from Ethiopians and Egyptians point to a Northern exit out of Africa as the most likely route by the ancestors of all Eurasians. Image credit: Luca Pagani.

Humans Migrated North from Cradle of Humankind, Study Suggests

May 29, 2015 by News Staff

A new genomic analysis of people currently living in Egypt and Ethiopia suggests that Eurasians originated when early Africans moved north – through...

Arabidopsis thaliana by Johann Georg Sturm, 1796.

Scientists Identify Universal Gene Required for Plant Growth at High Temperatures

May 25, 2015 by News Staff

A team of scientists, co-led by Dr Carlos Alonso-Blanco of the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología in Spain and Dr Sureshkumar Balasubramanian of Monash...

Grey wolves. Image credit: Mr T HK / CC BY 2.0.

Ancestors of Modern Dogs, Wolves Split at least 27,000 Years Ago

May 22, 2015 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the Swedish Museum of Natural History and elsewhere sequenced and analyzed the draft genome of a 35,000-year-old wolf from the...

The buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris). Image credit: Simon Koopmann / CC BY-SA 2.0 DE.

Scientists Sequence Genomes of Two Bumblebee Species

Apr 24, 2015 by News Staff

Genetic researchers have sequenced and analyzed the complete genomes of two key bumblebee species – the European buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)...

This is an artist’s rendition of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). Image credit: Flying Puffin / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Genetic Scientists Sequence Complete Genomes of Two Woolly Mammoths

Apr 23, 2015 by News Staff

A group of scientists from the United States, Sweden, Canada, and the UK, has sequenced and analyzed the complete high-quality genomes of two woolly mammoths...

The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei). Image credit: Gavin Langille / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mountain Gorillas Reveal Their Genetic Secrets

Apr 9, 2015 by News Staff

A team of genetic scientists, co-led by Dr Chris Tyler-Smith of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Dr Aylwyn Scally of the University of Cambridge,...

Wheat fields in Lviv region, Ukraine. Image credit: Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scientists Create Haplotype Map of Wheat Varieties

Mar 20, 2015 by News Staff

An international team of scientists led by Dr Eduard Akhunov of Kansas State University has created the first haplotype map of wheat that provides detailed...

Major events in the peopling of the British Isles. Top left: the routes taken by the first settlers after the last ice age. Top right: Britain during the period of Roman rule. Bottom left: the regions of ancient British, Irish and Saxon control. Bottom right: the migrations of Norse and Danish Vikings; the main regions of Norse Viking (light brown) and Danish Viking (light blue) settlement are shown. Image credit: Stephen Leslie et al / EuroGeographics.

New Study Examines Genetic Structure of British Population

Mar 19, 2015 by News Staff

In a new study published in the journal Nature, scientists used DNA samples collected from 2,039 people to create the fine-scale genetic map of British...

A still frame from the Patterson-Gimlin film, a famous motion picture of an unidentified subject filmed on October 20, 1967 by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin on Bluff Creek, a tributary of the Klamath River about 25 road miles north-west of Orleans, California.

No Need to Replace Himalayan Yeti with Unknown Species of Bear, Says New Study

Mar 17, 2015 by News Staff

Scientists behind a new study published in the journal ZooKeys reject a recent claim that a yet-to-be-discovered species of Himalayan bear may be the source...

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