The legacy of Neandertals in modern people has often been framed as a genetic gift for fighting infection. This time, the ...

Geneticists have studied the distribution of Y-chromosome haplogroups on the Faroe Islands, known to have been colonized by Vikings around the year 900 CE, and compared these to distributions of ...

All non-African populations alive today carry between two and four percent Neanderthal DNA, which continues to shape our ...

Bamboo flowering is a rare and enigmatic event, especially in woody species that flower only once in decades. In this study, researchers decoded the complex, haplotype-resolved genome of Bambusa ...

A new study has identified key genetic markers that control sugar and acid levels in sweet cherries, paving the way for breeding tastier and more consistent fruit. By analyzing five cherry populations ...