Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A ...

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has ...

Today’s wolves and dogs share a common ancestor. But a deeper look at their genes reveals that interbreeding since dogs were ...

Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

This article is all about what’s new and what it might mean for us, covering the latest in genetics in news. New methods like ...

A pair of studies analysed samples of modern human and Neanderthal DNA spanning 50,000 years of human history to discover when the two groups bred. Both studies suggested this inter-species genetic ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...

Mitochondria are well known as the powerhouses of the cell because of their energy generating capabilities. These little organelles are very special... | Genetics And Genomics ...

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