“There are a number of adaptations associated with moving into an arctic climate, but none with as clear a connection to cold as this one,” he adds. Selection is optimizing fitness. It doesn’t ...

A recent study has unveiled the genetic blueprint behind flowering time in olive trees, a crucial trait for fruit production ...

Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing more than 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer than ...

Researchers were able to uncover traces of natural selection-;signs of genetic adaptation to environmental pressures-;that are undetectable in the DNA of modern Europeans. These findings not only ...

A single base change can create a devastating genetic disorder or a beneficial adaptation, or it might have no effect. How do mutations happen, and how do they influence the future of a species?

While chimpanzees are known to inhabit diverse habitats, from forest landscapes to woodland-savannah distributed across East and West Africa, it remains unknown if their genetic adaptation ...

Previous genetic research looking into this question has focused ... “you get a potentially limited view of all the genes that may have been important for the adaptation of the woolly mammoth to its ...

2009, de Groot et al. 2010), suggesting that local adaptations in host defenses have been important in shaping patterns of genetic variation in this species. Habitat variation may also contribute ...

A unique genetic adaptation in koalas north of the Brisbane River in Australia was offering new hope for the species' ...

Koalas infected with the retrovirus are at a higher risk of chlamydia, which has devastated populations in Queensland and New South Wales. The virus has also been linked to lymphomas that have caused ...