Genetics

Animals

For sheep horns, bigger is not better

Trade-offs between studliness and survival keep less endowed sheep in the mix.

Genetics

A glowing green thumb

Omri Amirav-Drory wants to engineer a glow-in-the-dark garden.

Genetics

The Sports Gene

Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein.

Genetics

Technique inactivates Down-causing chromosome

Though far from a cure, the advance could eventually lead to gene therapy that alleviates some symptoms.

Genetics

Killer whales are (at least) two species

Orca genetics highlights distinctions among groups that feed on different prey.

Genetics

Chromosome Variations

Excerpt from the July 27, 1963, issue of Science News Letter

Genetics

Chromothripsis

Chromothripsis is the catastrophic shattering of a chromosome.

Animals

Now-extinct wolf may be ancestor of modern-day dogs

No strong signs of canine ancestry among living grey wolves.

Plants

Giant genomes felled by DNA sequencing advances

Complete genetic blueprints have been collected for several conifer species.

Humans

Highlights from the Biology of Genomes meeting

Highlights from the genome biology meeting held May 7-11 in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., include an enormous tree's enormous genome, genes for strong-swimming sperm, and back-to-Africa migration some 3,000 years ago.

Genetics

Frankenstein’s Cat

Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts by Emily Anthes.

Genetics

From Great Grandma to You

Epigenetic changes reach down through the generations.