Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 nd in the open-access journal ...

Genetic variation may explain why some children exposed to diabetes in utero become obese and others don't by CU Anschutz Medical Campus edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Alexander Pol Editors' ...

The human genome is organised in 46 chromosomes, where all but the x and y chromosomes in men are present in two copies. This means that a person with a faulty gene on one chromosome most often has a ...

Research into genetic variation and wool traits in sheep and goats has revealed critical insights into the structural composition and quality of animal fibres. Studies have focused on ...

Study: Signatures of transmission in within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex variation: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study. Image Credit: Creativa Images/Shutterstock.com Reducing the ...

AlphaGenome is a DNA sequence model that advances regulatory variant-effect prediction to understand genome function.

A research team reveals that alternative splicing (AS), a key post-transcriptional gene regulation mechanism, plays an ...

The headline figure of lifespan being around “50% heritable” risks being misunderstood as meaning genes determine half of a ...

For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic ...

City heat, pollution, and pesticides helped spotted lanternflies evolve traits that made them highly successful invaders, new ...