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In humans, only two genes have been reliably linked to gut bacteria: the lactase gene, which influences milk-digesting ...

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Rather than leading to the disappearance of males, Y chromosome decline could trigger new sex determining systems . Similar shifts have already occurred in other mammals. The article suggests that ...

The viral disease primarily affects foals younger than six months of age, but the basic biology of rotavirus makes control a ...

Woodrats weigh less than half a pound but can survive venomous rattlesnake bites that would hospitalize, or even kill, a full ...

Historic population bottlenecks left cheetahs genetically similar, increasing disease risk and threatening long-term survival ...