Purebred dogs might look flawless on the outside, but their beauty often hides a disturbing genetic truth. For generations, breeders have prioritized traits like coat color and snub noses over genetic ...

Climate change is rapidly melting sea ice in the Arctic, causing "large-scale changes" in how polar bears are able to function, according to a new study. In Norway, scientists found, the bears are ...

In the study, Trinkaus notes that the “patterns and incidence of developmental abnormalities and anomalies” could provide insight into Pleistocene consanguinity. In other words, it’s likely that ...

Small populations, inbreeding, and random demographic fluctuations could have been enough to cause Neanderthal extinction, according to a new study. Small populations, inbreeding, and random ...

A new study on climate change’s effects on polar bears was published Wednesday in the Royal Society Journals. The study found a 10-percent decrease in the genetic diversity of polar bears in the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the total 885 marriages studied in the Mala population of Chittoor district, 321 are consanguineous with a percentage of 36.27, which is ...

We may be overestimating the role our ancestors played in the demise of the Neanderthals, say researchers writing in Plos One. Instead, inbreeding and a "stroke of bad luck" could be to blame.

The effects of self-fertilization, within-population crosses (WPC) and between-population crosses (BPC) on progeny fitness were investigated in the greenhouse for Scabiosa columbaria populations of ...

Neanderthals went extinct around 40,000 years ago – about the same time that modern humans migrated out of Africa. This has led researchers to believe that modern humans won the competition for ...