However, the bottleneck also facilitated a key evolutionary event—the fusion of two ancestral chromosomes into what is now known as chromosome 2 in modern humans. This genetic shift potentially ...

Study reveals how human history—from Indigenous stewardship to colonization—shaped the genetic diversity of Brazil Nut trees ...

The bottleneck effect may be a lingering threat ... Given these numbers, biologists are concerned that there is not enough genetic variability in the captive birds to keep either the captive ...

The Human Genomics Programme at FIMM builds on a long Finnish ... of mutations causing the ‘Finnish disease heritage‘ that often involves recessive genetic diseases that are more common in Finland ...