Flat-faced dogs, specifically French bulldogs, bulldogs, and pugs, are among the most popular breeds. Years of selective ...

A study involving more than 4,000 pugs, bulldogs and French bulldogs found that respiratory health and nostril size are heritable traits.

Our research group has bred corals able to better survive marine heatwaves. Our work, now published in Nature Communications, shows that it is possible to improve coral heat tolerance even within a ...

Breathing problems in flat-faced dogs are strongly linked to genetics, providing a way to improve airway health through ...

A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the parasitic Varroa mite, new research shows. The invasive mite, which has spread to all continents except Australia and ...

FISH copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Purchased from the Bruce Collette Endowment for the Fishes Collection. Genetic Breeding and Molecular Marker-Assisted Selective Breeding of ...

In a remarkable stride toward environmental sustainability, farmers are actively engaged in the practice of selective cow breeding, aiming to reduce methane emissions and thereby reaffirming their ...

Australia’s vital kelp forests are disappearing in many areas as our waters warm and our climate changes. While we wait for rapid action to slash carbon emissions – including the United Nations ...

Selective breeding is the method of breeding plants or animals with particular genetic characteristics to create offspring with a set of desired traits. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good ...

Scientists have validated a genetic variant that supports selective breeding to improve the survival rates of cattle infected by East Coast Fever (ECF). In a study published in PLOS Genetics, ...