In a recent study in PNAS, a team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, shows that a single mutation that has immediate effects on plant fitness is ...

Fish caught in the same trawl and sold under the same name may in fact have significant genetic differences. Beneath the surface of the Skagerrak lies a biological diversity that is rarely seen in ...

The little sand lance is unexpectedly split in two, revealing a breadth of genetic diversity that could help it survive. By Brian Owens / Hakai Magazine Published Mar 7, 2023 9:00 PM EST This article ...

Some lobster mothers produce offspring that are far more likely to survive – in findings that could help safeguard lobster diversity.

Amazonians are as genetically different from Andeans as Europeans are from East Asians when it comes to genetic variants that affect the response to certain drugs, according to a recent commentary.

PHILADELPHIA— The majority of genetic studies focus on people of European descent, which limits the understanding of how genes influence health in other populations. Researchers at the Perelman School ...

Genetic diversity within many species is declining globally, according to a recently published study. “Any threat that reduces the size of a population, or which causes a larger population to become ...

Plants can carry long-lasting genetic damage from past population crashes, leaving them more vulnerable to future environmental change.