When related animals produce offspring, the young can be affected by physical abnormalities and health problems. We explain why.

Genetic ancestry is a concept that has long captured people’s imaginations. It’s no surprise that it’s been turned into a ...

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

The park’s location in Florida’s Forgotten Coast region means it’s surrounded by other natural areas worth exploring. Apalachicola National Forest, the largest national forest in Florida, is just a ...

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 ...

Hy Plains Feedyard has worked with experts to improve beef-on-dairy calves' carcass quality through genetic selection.

A newly developed AI can predict which diseases specific genetic mutations are likely to cause, not just whether they are ...

Investigations suggest V2P may be efficiently applied for the automated identification of causal variants in simulated and actual patient sequencing data across phenotypes.

How monogamous are humans, really? It’s an age-old question subject to significant debate. Now a University of Cambridge ...