A new Danish study finds no association between aluminum in childhood vaccines and 50 different health conditions, including autism, asthma, and autoimmune diseases. The findings reaffirm the safety o...

Andean leaf-eared mice (Phyllotis vaccarum) live at the highest elevations of any mammal, and they also have the broadest elevational range, from sea level to mountain summits of >6700 meters. Highlan...

Near Oceanic populations harbor substantial cultural, phenotypic, and genetic diversity yet are drastically underrepresented in human genomics. We generated 177 high-coverage Near Oceanian whole genom...

Ghost introgression from unsampled hominin lineages has emerged as an increasingly important component of human evolutionary history. Recent studies suggest that deeply divergent hominin lineages may ...

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Why mammals cannot regenerate limbs like amphibians do presents a long-standing puzzle in biology. To uncover the underlying differences, we compared amputation responses of embryonic mouse (Mus musculus) and Xenopus laevis tadpole limbs. Lowering ...

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In natural environments, competition between species is a crucial factor for the survival or demise of populations. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms that promote species coexistence is crucial...

Genetic insights into the Fulani people not only illuminate their biological history but also enrich our understanding of their cultural and historical narratives.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is threatening to strip Harvard University of its ability to enroll international students if it doesn’t turn over records on international studen...

Un comportamiento único en lobos ibéricos ha intrigado durante décadas a los investigadores ¿De dónde viene este rasgo? La clave podría estar en la hibridación con perros.

Life at all scales is surprisingly effective at exploiting new opportunities, as demonstrated by the rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance an...

Standard methods for estimating the population recombination parameter, rho, are dependent on sampling individual genotypes and calculating various types of disequilibria. However, recent machine lear...

Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 100% trade tariff on Spain with the argument that “it is a BRICS nation”.

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rust-based wrapper for SLiM population genetics simulation engine - EgorLappo/slim-runner