Tag Archives: Genetic

a Sutter d’Alfort rabbit walking on its front legs, the result of a genetic mutation.Photo: S. Boucher The entire breed of French rabbits has been handstand for almost a century. According to one paper, stunts in acrobatic rabbit costumes don’t run much. Published This week’s PLOS heredity. The first discovery …

From what little we know about them, it seems very different. Mysterious creatures living in the ocean half a billion years ago – headless, messy things, mostly alien to us in all respects. Except they weren’t, new research suggests. In fact, biodata, an ancient marine life-form inhabiting the earth from …

Leonardo da Vinci is famous for his elaborate, nuanced artwork and advanced technical ideas. But new research has revealed another level of complexity in his drawings: the hidden world of small life-forms on his artwork. These findings could help create a microbiome “catalog” for artwork, the researchers said. Each piece …

Researchers have uncovered a mysterious gene in the genetic code of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – which is virtually hidden from view in the genome of the virus, and yet largely ignored. The newly called gene – is called ORF3d An example of this is the so-called overlapping gene: a type …

As a species, humans have inhabited almost every corner of the globe. We have developed the technologies and cultures that shape the world we live in. ‘Natural selection’ or ‘survival idea’ is understood in Stone Age times when we were fighting over the scrap of meat, but does it still …