Join the movement to solve the mysteries of cat genetics with the first fur-based DNA sequencing method for pets ...

But scientists have long wondered when and how feline friends arrived in China—where they’re currently the most popular urban pet. Now, using genetic ... of Genomic Diversity and Evolution ...

The domestication and trade of pet cats began about 10,000 years ago in modern-day Turkey when Anatolians tamed Near Eastern ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats ...

The genetic diversity of a species ... The Andean cat is one of the most endangered felines in the world, with an estimated 1,500 individuals left. One of the main reasons for it to be nearing ...

Cats are beloved family members in tens of millions of households, but we know surprisingly little about their genes.

Scientists say a concerning genetic mutation has appeared in H5N1 bird flu infected cats living in a New Jersey suburb of New ...

The present study represents a novel approach to estimating genetic diversity within Neandertal populations." The Atapuerca fossils -- referred to as "pre-Neanderthals" -- date to about 400,000 ...

Conservation scientists from UNSW Sydney have used DNA technology to identify feral cats as the primary predators responsible ...

Because of this, many scientists believed that early and classic Neanderthals had a lower genetic diversity than their pre-Neanderthal ancestors. Alessandro Urciuoli from the Institut Català de ...