Aug 13, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of genetic researchers headed by Prof David Denlinger of the Ohio State University, the Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) has the...

Jul 30, 2014 by News Staff

According to a group of genetic scientists led by Dr Gerton Lunter of the University of Oxford’s Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, only 8.2 percent...

Jul 18, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists from the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium have published a draft sequence of the genome of the common wheat (Triticum aestivum). The...

Jul 7, 2014 by Sergio Prostak

The first ever systematic genetic analysis of evidence purporting to be from so-called anomalous primates such as yeti and migoi in the Himalaya, almasty...

Jun 27, 2014 by News Staff

A new study led by Prof Michael Sussman from the University of Wisconsin-Madison demonstrates that six electric fish lineages – Torpediniformes,...

Jun 13, 2014 by News Staff

A large international team of scientists has sequenced and analyzed the 640 million base pair genome of Eucalyptus grandis (known as the Flooded Gum or...

Jun 6, 2014 by News Staff

Genetic researchers from the International Sheep Genomics Consortium have sequenced the complete genome of domestic sheep (Ovis aries). Domestic sheep....

May 21, 2014 by News Staff

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

May 8, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists from at the Scripps Research Institute have created a living Escherichia coli that has a pair of ‘alien’ DNA building blocks in...

Apr 28, 2014 by News Staff

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

Apr 24, 2014 by News Staff

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

Mar 21, 2014 by News Staff

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...

Jan 30, 2014 by News Staff

In two new studies, genetic researchers have shown that about 20 percent of the Neanderthal genome survives in modern humans of non-African ancestry and...

Jan 17, 2014 by News Staff

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...

Jan 9, 2014 by News Staff

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

Dec 20, 2013 by News Staff

A large international consortium of genetic researchers has sequenced and analyzed the complete genome of Amborella trichopoda, the sole survivor of an...

Dec 19, 2013 by News Staff

Genetic scientists from China have discovered a small portion of Neanderthal genome (18 genes on chromosome 3, with several related to UV-light adaptation)...

Dec 18, 2013 by News Staff

A comparison of the high-quality genome sequence of a 50,000-year-old Neanderthal woman with those of modern humans and Denisovans reveals a long history...

Dec 13, 2013 by News Staff

A large team of scientists led by Washington University geneticist Dr John Stamatoyannopoulos has found a ‘secret’ second code hiding within human...

Dec 6, 2013 by News Staff

In a new yeast study, researchers from Tel Aviv University and Columbia University have found that caffeine shortens and alcohol lengthens telomeres –...