The largest study to date of the animals’ genetics provides robust evidence that they are adapting to survive a highly lethal, contagious cancer scientists feared would cause their extinction.

Members of species with shells they must hold onto for survival have larger sexual tubes than those with less precious private property.

Unlike other populations living at high altitude, Andeans didn’t rely on hypoxia-related genes.

A chloroplast mutation has dramatically affected the genomes of railside populations of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Scientists have developed a way to selectively expand genetically modified hepatocytes in mice.

Researchers identified the 3-step process leaf-cutter ants use to grow helpful bacteria on their bodies.

Zebras may have evolved their striped coat to avoid blood-sucking flies.

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Two genome-wide studies, backed up by field experiments, identify SNPs that correlate with Arabidopsis fitness in various climates.