Theories of how sex evolved are now being explored experimentally, particularly regarding the roles of epistasis and drift. Although a generalizable theory remains elusive, new models, including ...

Population genetics is the study of the genetic composition of populations, including distributions and changes in genotype and phenotype frequency in response to the processes of natural ...

All the latest science news on genetic mutations from Phys.org. Find the latest news, advancements, and breakthroughs. ... These can accumulate over time due to genetic drift.

Paxton RJ (2000) Genetic structure of colonies and a male aggregation in the stingless bee Scaptotrigona postica, as revealed by microsatellite analysis. Insectes Soc 47:63-69. Peakall ROD and Smouse ...

The genetic testing company 23andMe is poised to be sold to a nonprofit run by the company's former chief executive Anne Wojcicki.

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In his intellectually sparkling and beautifully crafted “The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie,” Richard Dawkins argues that, unlike the unfinished works of human literature ...

Scientists recently injected a fragment of 40,000-year-old genetic material from Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) into laboratory mice.They used the CRISPR method to insert an archaic variant of ...

For the conservation of natural genetic resources, ConservaGen software can provide both in situ and ex situ conservation strategies, which can be implemented for sampling the germplasm and ...