Research in Mozambique shows tsetse flies in two national parks are genetically isolated, yet accidental movement via livestock transport may help them cross natural barriers and challenge eradication ...

Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection. Instead ...

Bats in the tropics of the Americas are a reservoir for morbilliviruses—a genus of RNA viruses that includes the human measles virus. However, their role in spreading morbilliviruses to other ...

Discover the fascinating world of rare animal hybrids with our countdown of the 100 rarest and most unique hybrids ever recorded as of 2022. From mysterious crosses between different species to ...

Endogenous intracellular allosteric modulators of GPCRs remain largely unexplored, with limited binding and phenotype data available. This gap arises from the lack of robust computational methods for ...

Hold out your hands, palms up, and move them so they are on top of each other. With a little experimentation—and perhaps a ...

Associate professor Margaret Worthington supervised the project to identify the genetic pinpoints that could pave the way for breeders to speed up development of thornless varieties of blackberries.

Secondary metabolites play essential roles in plant adaptation, defense, and ecological interactions, yet their evolutionary dynamics and functional ...

Two new studies found that a small, missing piece of DNA located next to a specific protein resulted in orange fur coloration ...

Sequencing the human genome enables scientists to study human biology in a granular fashion and use that ... The World is a public radio program that crosses borders and time zones to bring home the ...

The class also covered how eugenics was championed scientifically by some of the founding fathers of genetics and molecular biology -- including James Watson, one of the scientists who co ...

After examining millions of flies from his cross-breeding experiments, he finally comes to the conclusion that the genetic material must be arranged ... from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental ...