Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists ...

For years, many families have believed that a child’s intelligence is inherited from the mother, a claim often repeated in ...

Nucleus Genomics is offering to go beyond that line. They will analyze the embryos’ DNA and give the parents a profile of the traits they can expect. In a press release earlier this year, the company ...

Differences between men and women in intelligence and behaviour have been proposed and disputed for decades. Now, a growing body of scientific evidence shows hundreds of genes act differently in the ...

An evolutionary "trap" has haunted crested and marbled newts for 25 million years: Leiden researchers have uncovered a mysterious DNA error that should not be able to arise—yet persists all the same.

Researchers from the University of Adelaide's Davies Livestock Research Center (DLRC) have described the most complete cattle ...

Scientists trace Leonardo da Vinci's DNA through his descendants and family tombs to reconstruct his genetic code.

Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and susceptibility to diseases like Type 2 diabetes, in a study co-led by ...