News articles tagged with 'genetic' (Page 137)
DNA studies can help conservation efforts in Africa
— 23 May 2007 02:15 | EnvironmentTracing the evolutionary history of wildlife could improve global habitat conservation, a major Cardiff University study has found. Researchers in the School of Biosciences analysed…
Salmon tracking program expands to California
— 17 May 2007 15:30 | EnvironmentA successful pilot program launched last year that used genetics to determine the river origin of Chinook salmon caught off Oregons central coast will begin its second season this month…
The mountain gorillas of Uganda increase in number
— 20 Apr 2007 22:10 | BiologyThe most recent census of mountain gorillas in Ugandas Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - one of only two places in the world where the rare gorillas exist - has found that the population…
Study shows three genetically distinct groups of chimpanzees
— 20 Apr 2007 22:10 | BiologyThe largest study to date of genetic variation among chimpanzees has found that the traditional, geography-based sorting of chimps into three populations - western, central and eastern…
New study rewrites evolutionary history of vespid wasps
— 5 Mar 2007 07:00 | BiologyScientists at the University of Illinois have conducted a genetic analysis of vespid wasps that revises the vespid family tree and challenges long-held views about how the wasps social…