A new study compares the accumulation of mutations across many animal species and has shed new light on decades-old questions about the role of these genetic changes in ageing and cancer.

And the longer animals live, the fewer mutations they pick up each year. Dogs have around 249 annual mutations, a lion 160 and a giraffe 99. Humans averaged 47.

The new study found that animals with shorter generation times had fewer inherited mutations. Oliver Krueger If they found a mutation in around 50% of an offspring’s DNA, they concluded that it was ...

The animal, which has a genetic mutation and was born with no melanin, had pink ears and snout. Another albino deer was spotted in Greensboro, North Carolina, in January, according to My Fox 8.

Mutations Spreading? Studies in other animals—mostly smaller ones like birds, rodents, and insects—show that Chernobyl radiation can cause mutations and ill health effects, ...

Researchers identified an unusual genetic mutation in orange domestic cats that has not been found in any other animal, according to a new study.

“Scientists already know that changes in the regulation of this gene, called HOX, control the development of major body structures during development,” said David Kingsley, PhD, professor of ...

Other researchers in the collaboration made similar mutations in roundworms and zebrafish to study how the mutations affected multicellular animals and, in the case of the zebrafish, brain ...

The first study to compare the accumulation of mutations across many animal species has shed new light on decades-old questions about the role of these genetic changes in ageing and cancer.