Genetic Adaptations News Today

Bats have incredible immunity—and it's likely because of the anomalies in their genes.

Discover what made woolly mammoths unique through a groundbreaking genetic analysis comparing their genomes to modern-day elephants.

The rate of environmental change is exceptionally hard for wild organisms. Individual plants and animals can possibly adapt their biology to effectively cope with new pressures when confronted with a new environment; this is known as phenotypic plasticity.

A new research led by geneticists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health in collaboration with several other organisations, including the Unive

Recently, the World Bank has collaborated with Samoan government ministries, a local non-government organizations and researchers to conduct the Samoa Food and Tobacco Household Survey to establish baseline data around attitudes and behaviors relating to food, drinks and smoking.

The discovery of a genetic variant that is relatively common among people of Polynesian ancestry, but incredibly rare in most other populations, is giving clues to the genetic underpinnings of high cholesterol in all people, according to new research led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists in partnership with several other groups, including the University of Otago and the Samoan health research community.

According to new research led by geneticists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health in collaboration with several other organisations, including the University of Otago and the Samoan health research community, the discovery of a genetic variant that is relatively common among people of Polynesian ancestry, but incredibly rare in most other populations, is providing hints to the genetic underpinnings of high cholesterol in all people.