Genetics News

Genetic researchers led by Dr Jürgen Liebig of Arizona State University have sequenced the genome of the Nevada dampwood termite (Zootermopsis nevadensis). Simplified...

Australian researchers led by Dr Timothy Bredy of the University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute say they may have found a way to silence...

Scientists led by Dr Greger Larson of Durham University, UK, have for the first time compared DNA from living and extinct lions to reconstruct the historical...

Scientists led by Dr Todd Katzner of West Virginia University have sequenced the genome of the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). The golden eagle, Aquila...

Genetic researchers have successfully sequenced the genome of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans), a bloodsucking insect that transmits the parasite Trypanosoma...

Scientists led by Dr Yann Guiguen from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research have successfully sequenced the genome of the rainbow trout,...

According to a team of genetic scientists from the Ilia State University’s Institute of Ecology in Tbilisi, Georgia, hybridization of wolves (Canis...

A new genetic study, published in the journal Genetics, supports the hypothesis that Neanderthals interbred with anatomically modern Homo sapiens in Eurasia. A...

A new study, reported in the American Journal of Human Genetics, confirms that a gene called USP9X is critical to the earliest stages of the human brain...

A large multinational team of scientists led by Prof David Neale from the University of California Davis has sequenced the entire genome of the Loblolly...

European beaver (Castor fiber) has been strongly affected by expanding human populations for many thousands of years, says a team of genetic scientists...

The first genome sequencing of the 12,600 years old skeletal remains of a small boy discovered at the Anzick Clovis site in Wilsall, Montana shows that...

A new study published online in the journal Nature Communications sheds light on high-altitude adaptations in modern Tibetans. Also, it suggests that Tibetans...

A new study, conducted by a large consortium involving more than 30 groups from the United States, Canada, Australia and European countries, provides a...

The genome sequence of a man who lived in what is modern Spain 7,000 years ago reveals that European hunter-gatherers were dark-skinned and blue-eyed. This...

According to new research reported in the European Journal of Human Genetics, our most recent common ancestor – the so-called Y-chromosomal Adam –...

A new analysis of modern dog, wolf and golden jackal genomes suggests that dogs and wolves evolved from a common ancestor between 11,000 and 16,000 years...

A large group of genetic scientists has sequenced and analyzed the complete genome of the elephant shark (Callorhinchus milii). The elephant shark, Callorhinchus...

OXTR (oxytocin receptor) – a gene that influences a range of social interactions including mother-infant bonding – also plays a key role in our...