The recent demonstration of the considerable plasticity of the human genome might help to explain phenotypic discrepancies in the penetrance of genetic traits and/or in the severity of the ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

By Gilbert Nakweya NAIROBI ― Understanding the genetic traits of chimpanzees and how they help them adapt to unique ...

Genetic traits inherited from father play a big role in shaping a baby’s looks, abilities, and even health. While every baby is a mix of both parents, certain traits often lean more towards dad.

Sheep shaped human history for 12,000 years. Scientists traced their migration, domestication, and genetic evolution.

Polygenic scores (PGS) are metrics used to estimate the genetic predisposition of people to developing specific mental health conditions, personality traits or diseases. In recent years ...

Genetic engineering technology can also make ... "Genome editing has made it easier to imagine 'improving' human traits," Ruth Garde, curator of Cut + Paste, a public exhibition about genome ...

Developing models to understand complex trait genetics. Using family-based GWAS datasets to estimate direct genetic effects and the environmental influences of parents on offspring. Modeling and ...

breeding and human heredity. There, he and his colleagues collected records of American families, documenting their traits and ascribing genetic bases to them. Harry Laughlin, a high school ...

This study provides a valuable new resource to investigate the molecular basis of the particular features characterizing the pipefish embryo. The authors found both unique and shared gene expression ...