The ancestral chromosomal segments in admixed genomes are of significant importance for both population history inference and admixture mapping, because they essentially provide the basic information ...

With the Earth’s population at 7 billion and growing, understanding population distribution is essential to meeting societal needs for infrastructure, resources and vital services. Scientists at Oak ...

Savannas play a significant socioeconomic role in regulating net primary productivity and the terrestrial carbon cycle. Mapping the spatial distribution and extent of existing temperate savannas is ...

In a photovoltaic, semiconductor, and hard disk drive manufacturing industries, the ability to identify nanoscale-sized areas of high and low conductivity is crucial. With an ever-growing requirement ...

The Altoona Water Authority continues to work on mapping its water distribution system with Geographic Information System technology, after completing its yearslong mapping of the wastewater ...

NOAA Fisheries has developed a new way to track the location and movement of fish as more of them head north due to climate change. As climate change forces more fish to move north in search of cooler ...

Sample homogeneity is an aspect that significantly affects several physical properties - strength, robustness, and lifetime of a particular product. Often, the ...