A new species of the butterfly genus Melitaea has been discovered in northern Israel, according to a paper published in the journal Comparative Cytogenetics.
The...
There are three different subspecies of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia), the world’s most elusive large big cat, according to a new study published...
According to a new study published today in the journal Cell, the enterococci — gram-positive aerobic bacteria and a leading cause of hospital-acquired...
A multi-institutional team of researchers from China and the United States has sequenced the genome of the cultivated tea tree (Camellia sinensis).
A tea...
An international team of researchers from the United States and Italy has identified new genetic variants associated with extreme survival and reduced...
Genetic material from 161 modern breeds helped a team of researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes...
In two separate studies, researchers have demonstrated that both the structure of the brain and several memory functions are linked to immune-related genes.
The...
The International Barley Genome Sequencing Consortium, which is led by Dr. Nils Stein of the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research,...
Genetic scientists from the University of California, Riverside, and the W.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges,...
An analysis of ancient DNA entrapped in Neanderthal dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) has revealed the complexity of Neanderthal behavior, including...
According to a new study published in the journal PLoS Genetics, dwindling populations created a ‘mutational meltdown’ in the genomes of the last wooly...
Eighty-three height-associated genetic variants have been discovered in a large-scale study led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London, Montreal...
The growth of bacteria can be stimulated by antibiotics, according to a study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.
A DNA coverage plot...
Researchers from the United States, China and France have created what they say is the world’s first stable semi-synthetic microorganism. The research...
An international team of researchers led by University of California, Davis, geneticists has publicly released the first public genome sequence of Arabica...
About 8% of the human genome is composed of endogenous retroviruses. According to a new study published in the journal Cell Reports, these retroviruses...
The ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) is one of Europe’s largest native deciduous trees. Image credit: Matthieu Sontag / CC-BY-SA.
Ash trees (genus Fraxinus)...
