Wild cranberries across North America carry two distinct genetic toolkits shaped by Ice Age climate shifts—and modern ...

One study found that some people may live longer if their parents possess a rare trait that only around 100,000 people have.

A genomic analysis of 5,859 commercial pigs reveals that runs of homozygosity, a DNA-based measure of inbreeding, are ...

The study, published in Nature, examined 74 quantitative traits, including cholesterol, blood glucose, hemoglobin, heart rate ...

In one of the most ambitious epigenomic studies yet attempted in livestock, researchers have assembled a vast multi-omics ...

Researchers in Ghana have genetically fingerprinted 81 okra varieties from ten countries and matched that DNA data against ...

Reports have emerged regarding the birth of hybrid offspring after brown bears and Asian black bears were kept together in ...

A breeding update gets exciting as a three-year-old tiger reticulated python protects her first clutch of 26 fertile eggs.

Specific bacteria in the human gut and mouth, along with digestive byproducts, are associated with psychopathic personality traits. The findings suggest the microbiome might influence how humans ...

A research team has mapped genetic variation underlying catechin composition and galloylation across a diverse collection of tea plants. By ...

As breeding tools become more powerful, Canada’s testing, delivery and funding systems are becoming just as important as the ...

"Are they the same thing, just with different names?" You might feel that way when you hear about genetic modification and ...