Genetic scientists from China have discovered a small portion of Neanderthal genome (18 genes on chromosome 3, with several related to UV-light adaptation)...
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...
In a new yeast study, researchers from Tel Aviv University and Columbia University have found that caffeine shortens and alcohol lengthens telomeres –...
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have sequenced the mitochondrial genome of a 400,000-year-old...
An international team of researchers has sequenced and analyzed the genome of the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah). The team has also sequenced the genome...
Scientists have analyzed the complete mitochondrial genomes of 18 prehistoric wolf- and dog-like animals to show that more than 18,000 years ago, dogs...
Researchers have developed a new technique that is able to determine whether a particular genetic sequence comes from an individual’s mother or father....
A team of scientists from the United States and China has sequenced the genome of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis).
Kiwifruits. Image credit: Hiperpinguino...
According to an international team of scientists from the United States, Europe and Russia, non-coding parts of the human genome known as vlincRNAs triggered...
According to a team of scientists from the University of North Carolina and the University of California, Los Angeles, different types of happiness have...
Genetic scientists have sequenced and analyzed short pieces of DNA preserved in bones from an early Middle Pleistocene horse that had been kept frozen...
An international consortium of genetic researchers has sequenced the genome of the Costa Rican Matina cacao variety, the most widely cultivated cacao type...
An international team of genetic scientists has completed the genomic sequence of the Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii).
Tibetan antelope, or chiru,...
A large team of genetic researchers has sequenced the genome of the sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), which is believed to have a powerful genetic system...
According to a paper published in Nature, 70 per cent of protein-coding human genes are related to genes found in the zebrafish (Danio rerio), and 84 per...
An international consortium of experts led by Prof Chris Amemiya from the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason and the University of Washington...
A computational analysis of the genomes of the papaya, poplar, grape, and a small flowering plant called Arabidopsis thaliana, has identified hundreds...
