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Published New genome alignment tool empowers large-scale studies of vertebrate evolution - New Genome Alignment Tool Empowers Large-Scale Studies of Vertebrate Evolution



Three new articles present major advances in understanding the evolution of birds and mammals, made...
Published Information 'deleted' from the human genome may be what made us human - Information 'Deleted' from the Human Genome May Be What Made Us Human



What the human genome is lacking compared with the genomes of other primates might have been as cruc ...
Published Researcher uses mammal DNA to zoom into the human genome with unprecedented resolution - Researcher Uses Mammal DNA to Zoom into the Human Genome with Unprecedented Resolution



Scientists have precisely identified base pairs of the human genome that remained consistent over mi ...
Published Revealing the genome of the common ancestor of all mammals - Revealing the Genome of the Common Ancestor of All Mammals


An international team has reconstructed the genome organization of the earliest common ancestor of a ...
Published Genome study reveals 30 years of Darwin's finch evolution



An international team of researchers has released a landmark study on contemporary evolutionary chan...
Published Extinct warbler's genome sequenced from museum specimens - Extinct Warbler's Genome Sequenced from Museum Specimens



The Bachman's warbler, a songbird that was last seen in North America nearly 40 years ago, was a dis...
Published Genome of Steller’s sea cow decoded - Genome of Steller's Sea Cow Decoded: A Breakthrough in Marine Biology


During the Ice Age, giant mammals such as mammoths, sabre-toothed cats and woolly rhinoceroses once...
Published Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction



The last population of woolly mammoths was isolated on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia 10,00...
Published We've had bird evolution all wrong



Genomic anamolies dating back to the time of the dinosaurs misled scientists about the evolutionary ...
Published First ever 3D reconstruction of 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth chromosomes thanks to serendipitously freeze-dried skin



An international research team has assembled the genome and 3D chromosomal structures of a 52,000-ye ...
Published Bringing back an ancient bird



Using ancient DNA extracted from the toe bone of a museum specimen, biologists have sequenced the ge...
Published Nearly a hundred genes have been lost during the woolly mammoth's evolution - Nearly a Hundred Genes Lost During the Woolly Mammoth's Evolution


A new study shows that 87 genes have been affected by deletions or short insertions during the cours...
Published New research redefines mammalian tree of life - New Research Redefines Mammalian Tree of Life



Scientists from around the globe are using the largest mammalian genomic dataset in history to deter ...
Published Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct -- climate change did - Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct -- climate change did


Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct -- climate change did. For five million years, wo...
Published Venoms in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common origin - Venoms in Snakes and Salivary Protein in Mammals Share a Common Origin


A new study has found that a class of toxins found in snake and mammalian venom evolved from the sam...
Published Genetic evolution doesn't always take millions of years - Genetic Evolution: It Doesn't Always Take Millions of Years


Love them or hate them, there's no doubt the European Starling is a wildly successful bird. A new st...
Published Study suggests that most of our evolutionary trees could be wrong - Study Suggests That Most of Our Evolutionary Trees Could Be Wrong


New research suggests that determining evolutionary trees of organisms by comparing anatomy rather t...
Published Woolly mammoths evolved smaller ears and woolier coats over the 700,000 years that they roamed the Siberian steppes - Woolly Mammoths: Evolution of Smaller Ears and Woolier Coats



A team of researchers compared the genomes of woolly mammoths with modern day elephants to find out ...
Published Mammalian evolution provides hints for understanding the origins of human disease - Mammalian Evolution Provides Insights for Understanding the Origins of Human Disease



Even though it is important to know where these variations are located in the genome, it's also usef ...