Translocation - taking animals from one place and moving them to another - is becoming an increasingly common practice both in conservation and as a mitigation measure for development projects.

In a recent study published online in The Plant Cell, Prof. Yang Wenqiang's research team from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has reported the critical role of the ...

Chromosomal translocations occur in leukemias, lymphomas, sarcomas and some epithelial tumors and some generate unique fusion proteins. These translocation products may provide tumor-specific targets ...

On Nov. 29, 30 white rhinos were introduced to Akagera National Park in Rwanda from a private game reserve in South Africa. The relocation is aimed at establishing the species in a new range state and ...

Research shows it is possible to re-establish bighorn sheep populations without a reduction of genetic diversity over a short period and without erosion of ancestral lineage. Translocation is an ...

A long-term ecological study reveals that protected forest fragments in southeastern Madagascar (Mandena) significantly improve the survival of endangered mouse lemurs, while translocation strategies ...

STRUCTURAL heterozygosis is the existence in heterozygous state of an interchromosomal or intrachromosomal rearrangement. Fragmentation of two chromosomes and the mutual exchange through reunion of ...