Schizophrenia has long been one of medicine’s most puzzling conditions, with genetics offering tantalizing clues but an incomplete picture. A record-setting DNA study in people of African ancestry is ...

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

For the first time, whole-genome analysis shows that the small Cape leopards are a genetically distinct population.

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Long ago, Neanderthals and humans interbred. But among Neanderthals, their human blood came mostly from their female ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Meharry Medical College has launched an ambitious new research initiative aimed at building the world's largest collection of genetic information from people of African ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African wild dog is one of Africa’s most endangered predators. African wild dogs are highly elusive, avoiding human contact ...

Researchers have developed a noninvasive DNA tool to help monitor hard-to-trace African carnivores, including caracals and leopards, making it potentially useful in the conservation of elusive and ...

Jean-Tristan Brandenburg receives funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under grant 01KA2220B to the RHISSA Programme for the NORA Consortium. Additionally, he is ...