“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 ...

Scientists have discovered that horses owe their legendary stamina to a unique genetic mutation. This mutation supercharges ...

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 ...

It can also inform their conservation. However, we know very little about genetic adaptation in chimpanzees, because ...

A recent study provides new insight into the genetic underpinnings of plant climate adaptation. By combining population genetics and global climate data, the researchers identified genetic ...

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 ...

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