In his recent BMC Genomics paper, Professor Hannes Gislason of the University of the Faroe Islands analyses whole genomes from the Faroese population.… Read more »
In the Late Permian to Middle Jurassic period, a group of predatory ray-finned fishes known as †Saurichthyiformes swam the oceans.… Read more »
Understanding the geographic origins of leopard populations is a complex task. The evolutionary patterns that can be inferred from… Read more »
A new study, published in BMC Evolutionary Biology, investigates the population genetic structure and evolutionary history of the… Read more »
Adaptive radiation is the evolutionary process whereby a single ancestor can rapidly diverge into a wide variety of species… Read more »
It is well known amongst birdwatchers that if you want to see many different species of bird, the best places to visit are in the… Read more »
Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric disorder which persists despite its disadvantagous effects. Here, Niladri Banerjee… Read more »
Mexican cavefish populations are used by researchers as models to study adaptations to environmental changes. Now, new research… Read more »
The introduction of mitochondrial replacement therapy holds considerable promise for preventing transmission of mitochondrial… Read more »
BMC Zoology recently attended the Benelux Congress of Zoology which was held in December 2016 at Antwerp University and Antwerp… Read more »