In cattle, this gene and the hormone it produces regulates metabolism, fat deposition, and affects reproduction.

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As commercial spaceflight draws ever closer and time spent in space continues to extend, the question of reproductive health ...

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A duplicated gene evolved into a switch that determines sex in frogs, revealing how evolution can safely reshape critical ...

Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other whale species. That is why researchers have increasingly turned to ...

Researchers traced termite DNA back to cockroach ancestors and found genetic loss played a key role in building social ...

Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more ...

Wild turkeys can feel like a steady presence, a familiar silhouette at field edges and oak ridges. Yet wildlife biologists ...

Termites are the descendants of cockroaches, and have undergone significant genetic change to live in vast colonies where ...

Early in development, many animals pick a team—male or female—based on their genetics, and, with time, acquire the ...

The findings shed new light on human reproduction and suggest pathways for developing treatments to lower the risk of ...