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In Yellowstone National Park, black bears outnumber their brownish-colored grizzly bear cousins, and in coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest, if someone says “brown bear,” they mean grizzly bear. But not all brown bears are grizzly bears. American black bears (Ursus americanus), which one would logically assume are, well, black, actually come in a range of colors, including brown (also known as cinnamon), blond, or bluish-grey. Now, researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, the University of Memphis, and the University of Pennsylvania, have discovered what causes the cinnamon color, which sheds some light on this color confusion.
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In a small, isolated population of tigers in Indian, scientists discovered rare black tigers. The discovery helped add to the genetic knowledge about coat color patterns in mammals. These black tigers also revealed important insights into the effect of small, isolated populations on Earth’s declining biodiversity.
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A team of scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology identified molecules that regulate the establishment of coat color patterns in cats. The results are published in Nature Communications.
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In a recent publication in Nature Ecology and Evolution, a group of scientists identified a genetic element that controls dog coat color and used it to trace domesticated dogs back to their ancient ancestors.
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The Alabama Genomic Health Initiative was established to address this barrier in access to genomic literacy and services at a statewide level. The results of the AGHI study to date were recently published in Genetics in Medicine.
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A research team from HudsonAlpha and Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine have identified a gene involved in the development of the cerebral cortex.
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