We've seen in our simulations that the more brightly colored a male guppy is, the more likely he will be seen -- and eaten -- by a predator. In a simulation or in the wild, where predators are ...

A properly dressed male guppy, with its gaudy blue spots and brilliant splashes of orange, can't help but stand out. But for a fish that spends its life swimming among predators, it seems that ...

Applied since the 1930s to accelerate the process of developing and selecting new valuable agronomic traits, mutation breeding uses a plant’s own genetic make-up, mimicking the natural process of ...

I was at a party when I disclosed my "pregnancy fetish" - a phrase coined by my most recent partner - to a friend. In short, the idea of my partner impregnating me (read: ejaculating inside me ...

Irradiation can be used to induce mutations in plants with the goal to produce varieties that display improved product quality, have higher yields and yield stability, greater resilience to climate ...

Helping Communal Breeding in Birds: Ecology and Evolution J ... Steven Frank tackles the problem with a highly original combination of approaches: game... Sex, Color, and Mate Choice in Guppies Anne E ...

Guppies are small, long-finned fish that come in countless colors and patterns. Guppies are live-bearers that breed easily in ...

A species is a group of organisms that interbreed to produce fertile offspring. Selective breeding is when organisms are deliberately bred so their offspring have the desirable characteristics.

The new relationship has the promise of taking Corteva’s existing crop breeding and gene editing programs to a new level through the synergies that occur when pairing editing tools with the ...