The Icelandic horse is a "five-gaited" breed: it can walk, trot, canter/gallop, tÃ¶lt and pace. Image: Wikimedia Commons

A single gene controls movement in vertebrates


It is usually the male mice who do the singing. Photo courtesy of Bret Pasch.

The singing lab mouse

Genetics help mice express themselves in song.


Why do women live longer than men?


This time climate change could spell doom for polar bears. Image: Yvonne Pijnenburg-Schonewille/Shutterstock.

Climate change and the modern polar bear

Polar bear evolution holds clues for past climate change events.


Mapping our microbes

They may be small, but they outnumber our cells.

There are over 7000 varieties of cultivated tomatoes, but there is little genetic variation between them. Image:  Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock

Tomato genome sequenced

Breeding for appearance may lead to a sacrifice in flavour.

Image: Takato Imaizumi

Genes tell plants when to flower

Born nice? Image: Shutterstock

Niceness may be predicted by our genes

  DNA may help explain why some people are nicer than others.


Of mice and Vikings

The Vikings weren’t the only invading force during the 10th century.


Exercise changes your DNA

You could change your DNA through exercise and coffee consumption.

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