A study being called the most comprehensive genetic analysis of North American Thoroughbreds found no genetic ties related to health concerns or durability and detected a slight rise in inbreeding ...

Wildlife populations that become small and isolated, often due to habitat loss, inevitably experience inbreeding which can lead to the loss of fitness and eventual extinction. One solution is to ...

Genomic prediction is a powerful strategy in fruit tree breeding, as it enables breeders to select fruit trees with desired traits at the seedling stage. In this study, researchers revealed that ...

The breeding habitat of Kirtland's warblers is limited to young jack-pine forests in Michigan. The species nearly went extinct in the 1970s due to threatened habitat and nest parasitism, but ...

Marianne Dehasque receives funding from the Carl Tryggers Foundation. Love Dalén receives funding from the Swedish Research Council, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and the European Research ...