Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to ...

Structural variants in the human genome include cytogenetically detectable and submicroscopic deletions, duplications, large-scale copy-number variants, inversions and translocations. The ability ...

A cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian Zoo has given birth to two kits in an effort to conserve the endangered ...

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years later, a lot has changed. Chernobyl, for one, is now within the borders of ...

Radiation-induced mutations may not be the reason for the genetic differences between dog populations living near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, according to a new study. The study ...

Patients were previously met with fragmented care, limited access to genetic testing and a lack of integrated counselling, OGS clinical director Beau Fenner said. The care was also focused on ...

Radiation-induced mutations may not be the reason for the genetic differences between dog populations living near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, according to a new study. The study, published on ...

On January 4, 2025, the Arizona Daily Star published an article by Henry Brean about Mexican wolf recovery. As a member of multiple Mexican Wolf recovery teams, I think it is important to provide ...

These dogs have since established free-ranging ... (STR), which measures microsatellite diversity, a measure of genetic variation in a population. Initially, the researchers looked at chromosomal ...