A new study published in the American Journal of Human Biology has uncovered a significant relationship between family ...

Inbreeding of dogs can lead to blindness, deafness, and genetic diseases. Learn how it impacts generations of dogs and what ...

Greenland sharks are thought to have lifespans that can reach 400 years. Building upon previous work, University of Tokyo-led ...

Scientists trek across the U.S. with the aim of saving the endangered ocelot, utilizing fertility treatments to boost their populations. While only fewer than 100 ocelots reside in the wild in the U.S ...

Wagyu cattle have seen an upsurge in popularity within the United States in recent years, as consumers seek improved meat quality and intramuscular fat, also known as marbling. The small effective ...

An international team of marine biologists have published research in Molecular Ecology that shows the benefits of gene flow ...

Moreover, imputation SNP data can be used for estimating genetic relationships among animals and inbreeding coefficients (termed as genomic inbreeding), that were traditionally estimated via pedigree ...