Fish represent one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates, exhibiting a wide array of physiological adaptations that have enabled them to colonise nearly every aquatic habitat on Earth. Central to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Primitive fish already may have possessed the genetic wiring needed to grow hands and feet well before the appearance of the first animals with limbs roughly 365 million years ...

The role of fish in research on genetics and evolution / C. Kosswig -- The sex-determining mechanism of the platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus / K.D. Kallman -- Preliminary report on sex differentiation ...

Genetic sequencing research led by the Federal University of Pará charts a route for protecting Amazonian species. Focused on pirarucu and other native animals, the work links conservation, controlled ...

Rice University computational biologist George Phillips is co-author on a new paper in Science detailing a 10-year effort that determined a variety of fish with electric organs evolved those organs by ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Researchers at the University of Louisville plan to use a $2.3 million grant to study the link between genetics and an increased risk of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in ...

Genetic sequencing research led by the Federal University of Pará charts a route for protecting Amazonian species. Focused on ...

The large-scale study involved over 200,000 participants and analyzed over 7 million genetic variants. The findings suggest that the conversion of fish oil to circulating omega-3s differs among ...