A research team performed a large-scale genome analysis of Japanese and European populations and discovered gene regions (genetic polymorphisms) related to allergic sensitization. Some of these ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have pinpointed the Andes Mountains as the birthplace of the infamous Irish ...

A new computational tool improves the analysis of genetic data, making it easier and faster to study the evolutionary relationships between species.

A study of occupational status published in Nature Human Behavior identifies 106 genetic variants, the importance of the ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and ...

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.

Chornobyl's exclusion zone has become an unintended wildlife refuge. Populations of species like wolves, boars, and birds ...

Imagine a world where the majestic woolly mammoth roams the Arctic tundra once again, thousands of years after its extinction ...

Wildlife conservationist turned legal scholar Alex Erwin constructs the legal framework to begin to establish guidance around ...

Scientists conducted largest ever genetic analysis of geologically and ecologically diverse group of chimpanzees.

In a nutshell Scientists discovered that random DNA mutations don’t just cause local damage, they trigger widespread changes ...