Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease that threatens the global banana supply in a wild subspecies of the fruit. In a valuable step forward for banana breeding ...

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through textbooks—and one that is increasingly reaching its ...

A genus-wide super-pangenome across 16 tomato species generated by integrating 20 telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies and 27 published genomes identifies structural variants associated with ...

Dog body language videos are everywhere, flooding social media feeds with slow-motion wags, “smiles,” and dramatic yawns. But what looks friendly or relaxed in one dog can mean something completely ...

Big dogs often look ready to conquer the world long before their emotional maturity catches up. If you’ve ever lived with a massive pup who still chews furniture, forgets commands, or acts like an ...