This must be a huge cost to the animal," Axel Meyer, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Konstanz, told Science ...

By analyzing the flowerpot snake's unique genome, scientists are uncovering how the tiny reptile repairs its DNA and prevents harmful mutations. The findings provides valuable insights into genetic ...

“Although the change of genetic information was limited, fusion of animal chromosomes could have profound phenotypic effects,” writes Wang. Chr4+5 mice, on the other hand, could produce offspring and ...

In humans and many other animals, specific chromosomes determine sex. But how did researchers discover these so-called sex chromosomes? Throughout the many observations that led to this conclusion ...

In humans and many other animal species, sex is determined by specific chromosomes. How did researchers discover these so-called sex chromosomes? The path from the initial discovery of sex ...