Ligers, the hybrid offspring of lions and tigers, may sound like mythological chimeras but they are, in fact, real. Lion father + tiger mother = liger. Tiger father + lion mother = tigon. Leopard ...

Pipettes? Check. Centrifuges? Check. Microplates? Check. Gloves? Check. Salmon sperm DNA? Check. Wait what? There are a ...

The idea that Neanderthals and some ancestral populations of Homo sapiens interbred has gained traction over the past two ...

Hybridization has a major role in evolution—from the introgression of important phenotypic traits between species, to the creation of new species through hybrid speciation. Molecular studies of ...

Saharan Africa towers the giraffe, draped in mosaics of brown and tan patches. Long regarded as a single species, this iconic ...

Now, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that hybridization between the Mediterranean shearwater and the Balearic shearwater—a seabird at critical risk of ...

Oligonucleotide-based therapeutics represent a rapidly advancing field in current drug development. According to their therapeutic mechanisms, oligonucleotide drugs can be categorized into antisense ...

Climate change is driving drastic environmental shifts and accelerating global biodiversity loss. Hybrid introgression has recently emerged as a key mechanism enabling rapid adaptation to historical ...

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Recent innovations in grouper farming, notably the hybridization of certain grouper species, has given rise to concerns over the direction and purpose of this research. What is needed is more science ...

Photo by: STRF/STAR MAX/IPx 2021 3/3/21 Target saw more sales growth in 2020 than the last 11 years combined. What the COVID crisis accelerated profoundly—and what I would argue demands a dramatic ...