What makes a genus real? Scientists use tree bats to evaluate a testable '2 Sigma Genus Concept'

Dr. Amy Baird, Professor of Biology at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD), and her colleagues are seeking to change the ...
The Manila Times on MSN

Filipino scientist honored with new genus named after him

A TEAM of international mycologists led by Brazilian researcher Gustavo Henrique Jerônimo has honored Irineo Dogma Jr., a pioneering Filipino mycologist from the University of Santo Tomas, by naming a ...
Quanta Magazine

DNA Analysis Reveals a Genus of Plants Hiding in Plain Sight

For centuries, biologists have used taxonomy to sort living things into groups based on appearance, behavior and other perceptions of identity. They have christened plants and animals with binomials ...
Science Daily

How do you like them apples? Apple genus evolution revealed

A new comparison and analysis of the genomes of species in the genus Malus, which includes the domesticated apple and its wild relatives, revealed the evolutionary relationships among the species and ...
Science Daily

Homo (genus)

Homo is the genus that includes modern humans and their close relatives. The genus is estimated to be between 1.5 and 2.5 million years old. All species except Homo sapiens are extinct. Homo ...