Genetics

More Stories in Genetics

  1. Life

    The fruit fly revolutionized biology. Now it’s boosting science in Africa

    African researchers are using Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies to advance studies of genetics, biomedicine, developmental biology, toxicology and more.

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  2. Animals

    This fish has legs — and it uses them for more than just walking

    Some sea robins have taste buds on their six crablike legs that help the fish ferret out prey buried in sand as they walk.

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  3. Neuroscience

    Mitochondria can sneak DNA into the nuclei of brain cells

    An analysis of tissue samples from nearly 1,200 older adults found that the more insertions individuals had, the younger they died.

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  4. Anthropology

    Ancient DNA unveils a previously unknown line of Neandertals

    DNA from a partial skeleton found in France indicates that European Neandertals consisted of at least two genetically distinct populations.

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  5. Animals

    A frog’s story of surviving a fungal pandemic offers hope for other species

    Evolving immunity to the Bd fungus and a reintroduction project saved a California frog. The key to rescuing other species might be in the frog’s genes.

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  6. Genetics

    Freeze-drying turned a woolly mammoth’s DNA into 3-D ‘chromoglass’

    A new technique for probing the 3-D structure of ancient DNA may help scientists learn how extinct animals functioned, not just what they looked like.

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  7. Paleontology

    The last woolly mammoths offer new clues to why the species went extinct

    The last population of woolly mammoths did not go extinct 4,000 years ago from inbreeding, a new analysis shows.

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  8. Anthropology

    Child sacrifices at famed Maya site were all boys, many closely related

    DNA analysis shows victims in one underground chamber at Chichén Itzá included twins, perhaps representing mythological figures.

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  9. Genetics

    Horses may have been domesticated twice. Only one attempt stuck

    Genetic evidence suggests that the ancestors of domestic horses were bred for mobility about 4,200 years ago.

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