Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

Hemophilia, a rare inherited bleeding disorder, is primarily caused by mutations in specific genes that impair the body’s ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

The locus-specific mutation frequencies for copy number variation ... Deletions and duplications of chromosomal segments (copy number variants, CNVs) are a major source of variation between ...

Additionally, they observed a rare phenomenon in some individuals: certain cells had three copies of specific chromosomes—a condition suggesting exposure to an unidentified mutagen. The results, ...

Additionally, they made an unusual discovery: some individuals—but not all—had mutations resulting in three copies of certain chromosomes, hinting at exposure to an unknown mutagen. The results ...

Plus an unusual discovery that some individuals, but not all, had mutations resulting in three copies of certain chromosomes, hinting towards exposure to an unknown mutagen. The results ...

In males, who only have one X chromosome, a mutation in the gene causes the condition while in females who have two X chromosomes, mutation has to occur on both X chromosomes to be affected.