You may also find Dendrobaena veneta, or European nightcrawler. These worms prefer slightly different conditions ... Nevertheless, compost worms usually still need to mate with each other to reproduce ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most modern-day racehorses are Thoroughbreds. The name accurately describes this breed of horse: they all have been very thoroughly bred. The first Thoroughbred to reach America, a stallion named ...

In contrast to this expectation, the European hybrid zone does not appear to be widening ... captured animals that hybrid zone mice with mixed genotypes carry a much larger parasitic load, in the form ...

Plant breeding is the production of plants by selective mating or hybridization. It is the traditional mechanism for producing new varieties of plants for horticulture and agriculture ...

In slow motion, everything becomes clear: The male that has earned the right to be closest to the female gets to begin breeding with her. He presses his body to hers for as long as he can.

But why is this the case? Breeding dogs for particular characteristics, or phenotypes, has been going on for centuries. Dogs are companions and workers, in service to humans, and they have thus ...

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.

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.

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