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 ...

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

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

Aspirin may affect dementia risk differently depending on a person’s genetic profile, but researchers caution that it can ...

Collaboration aims to combine Cibus’ gene-editing technology with Crystal Crop’s mustard breeding capabilities and ...

A genetic analysis suggests that low-dose aspirin may be associated with a substantially lower risk of dementia in older ...

A bad apple doesn't always ruin the bunch. In fact, it might make the bunch a little stronger. A new study published in ...