Giraffe genes that cope with long necks

A new article in Science reports on the genes that help giraffes reduce the costs of long necks Liu, C., Gao, J., Cui, X., Li, Z., Chen, L., Yuan, Y., … & Qiu, Q. (2021). A towering genome: Experimentally validated adaptations to high blood pressure and extreme stature in the giraffe. Science Advances, 7(12), eabe9459. Abstract The […]