A pioneering study has unveiled key genetic drivers behind the valuable traits of the yardlong bean, a nutrient-rich crop ...

This study investigated the combining ability, heterosis and heterotic grouping of maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines to enhance hybrid performance and productivity. Twenty-four hybrids were developed ...

A pair of recent Aqueduct graded share plenty of common ancestors, including a French-bred mare that raced over 260 times in ...

Recently Lifehacker’s Senior Technology Editor, Jake Peterson, was searching for info on Starbuck’s new line of coffees (like ...

"Inbreeding can cause a variety of problems, especially if breeders are doing things like breeding down lines—father-daughter kind of stuff," says Stanley Coren, a psychologist at the University ...

Will fear of public embarrassment work to stop people who cut in line to board flights before their group is called?

A filmmaker has described America's most inbred family, the Whittakers, as "like a scene out of Deliverance". The filmmaker explained: “It was like that little scene from Deliverance that ...

Professor Ejeta has released a large number of inbred lines, improved sorghum varieties and hybrids for use both in the United States and several countries in Africa. Several of his cultivars have ...

Furthermore, the specific alleles that do segregate, particularly in inbred lines, may not be relevant to natural populations. Other alleles at these same loci are likely to be of interest ...

Hill pointed out that “as you increase inbreeding, where you’re trying to double up on ... “The trouble is you’re then ...

The two mares did their namesakes and bloodlines proud, demonstrating determination and grit on the racetrack in spite of ...

Last month brought good news for the great Indian bustard, a critically endangered bird found mainly in India. Wildlife ...