Environment
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New study reveals genes that ‘don’t play well together’ in swordtail fish hybrids, driving the development of distinct species
The researchers have identified genes involved in hybrid incompatibility, a phenomenon that raises reproductive barriers between species and evolutionarily splits them apart.
January 17, 2024
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‘Two-Eyed Seeing’ off the California coast
A new research partnership will combine Indigenous and scientific knowledge to monitor marine life in a sacred tribal region that may be a bellwether of how native species will far
March 22, 2023
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Gene identified that governs defensive spines in stickleback fish
Finding by Stanford researchers supports the concept of progressive evolution in nature
September 01, 2022
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Stanford professor spotlights evolutionary tree concepts with campus trees
A century of attentive groundskeeping has turned the Stanford campus into a museum of mathematical phylogenetics, says Noah Rosenberg, creator of the Stanford X-Tree Project
December 07, 2021
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Tiger populations may require 'genetic rescue'
A new study in Molecular Biology and Evolution from Liz Hadly's group at Stanford and others reveals the lasting genetic impacts of increased isolation among different tiger popula
February 18, 2021
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Program for Conservation Genomics releases new research on empowering conservation practice
Congratulations to the new Program for Conservation Genomics (PCG), directed by Dmitri Petrov and hosted by Stanford CEHG, for the pre-print release of their research on "Empowerin
June 20, 2018
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Stanford nectar research sheds light on ecological theory
Different species almost always coexist – whether it’s big animals on the plains, bugs in a jungle or yeasts in flower nectar – but how that works is complicated. Now, Stanford res
June 11, 2018