The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

In the case of domestic cats, dogs and many other domesticated species, intentional and unintentional selection by humans ...

By analyzing the arrangement of vertebrae in the spines of nearly 400 species of tetrapods—a group of animals with four limbs ...

Despite being separated by millions of years of evolution, dogs and cats have evolved similar skull shapes due to ...

Virginia Tech researchers discovered a gene mutation in bed bugs linked to pesticide resistance and were the first to ...