A new study published in Nature Microbiology has uncovered significant genetic and antigenic diversity among H9N2 avian ...

Healthy populations tend to have a large gene pool with many genetic variants circulating. But the path to extinction erodes genetic diversity, because a species’ gene pool shrinks as the population ...

In effect, a species is a breeding pool that holds all the variant forms (or alleles ... The source of this resilience is its genetic diversity. If a new pest or disease strikes a genetically diverse ...

Healthy populations tend to have a large gene pool with many genetic variants circulating. But the path to extinction erodes genetic diversity, because a species’ gene pool shrinks as the ...

“This suggests that ancient individuals with non-Scandinavian ancestry contributed proportionately less to the current gene pool in Scandinavia than expected based on the patterns observed in ...

Higher genetic diversity also means there’s a greater chance of a species’ survival. Conservation efforts to connect isolated populations — basically expanding the dating pool for a ...

The researchers traced how the Scandinavian genome changed over time — and how immigrants to northern Europe influenced the gene pool. The results were published Thursday in the journal Cell.

And "very related" can be a tricky thing in the genetic pool. "Yeah, absolutely," she said. "More diversity is better. Then, you're more prepared for things like change, climate and otherwise." ...