Languages and human DNA both capture aspects of human diversity. But how are they related? A new international study led by ...

While genetic diversity, the unique differences that determine the color of hair and the shape of a finch’s beak, is being lost across the world amid the world’s ongoing species extinction crisis, ...

Before species go extinct, their populations often shrink and become isolated. Healthy populations tend to have a large gene pool with many genetic variants circulating. But the path to extinction ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Even when genetic diversity appears to be adequate, hidden ...

Sugarcane remains one of the world’s most commercially important crops, serving as a major source of sugar, ethanol and other by‐products. Its complex polyploid genome, stemming from interspecific ...

The research, part of the Indigenous American Genomic Diversity Project, combined newly sequenced genomes with existing databases to analyze a total of 199 contemporary Indigenous individuals from 53 ...

PEF reveals low genetic diversity in Philippine Eagles, pushing for artificial insemination and translocation to save the ...

Inherited variations in antibody genes can affect how we respond to infections and vaccines, show two new studies from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal Immunity. The ...

By the time modern humans began filtering into Europe around 45,000 years ago, the Neanderthals they encountered were already ...