A team of Chinese and international scientists has made a groundbreaking advancement in plant genetics by decoding the ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

By analyzing DNA from different cells in nearly 200 lines of maize plants, research led by the University of Michigan has ...

Population genomics refers to the large-scale study of genetic variation both within and between populations of organisms, ...

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by ...

Research by German scientists into the genetic makeup of European potato varieties has revealed that, despite significant ...

Camouflage is a common defensive strategy among animals. By modifying their coloration and patterning, animals evade predators or ambush prey. Notably, more than 40% of alpine plant species in the ...

Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...

Incomplete data results in reduced genetic diversity and contributes to population decline. Commonly known as the “corpse ...

The Growing Threat to Plant Genetic Diversity Plant genetic ... species have already lost significant portions of their genetic variation. Moreover, shortages in tree seeds and other reproductive ...

In the temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere, a quiet but powerful story has been unfolding for nearly 60 million ...