Today's epi+genetics definition bears no resemblance to C. H. Waddington's original concept. He was describing the interaction between cell differentiation (epigenesis) and genetic mutations ...

Ecological genetics is the study of genetics in natural field populations. It focuses on traits involved in interactions between and within species, and between an organism and its environment ...

The largest study of same-sex sexual behavior finds the genetics are complicated, and social and environmental factors are also key. By Pam Belluck How do genes influence our sexuality? The ...

Perhaps the most classic definition is a group of organisms that can breed with each other to produce fertile offspring, an idea originally set forth in 1942 by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr.

IBG's mission is to conduct interdisciplinary research and training that examines the nature and origins of individual differences in behavior. Current research at IBG uses large scale family, twin, ...

As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines what the science of genetics has taught us about race.

The 2025 International Statistical Genetics Workshop will be held in Boulder, Colorado from March 3 to 7. Matthew Keller is the local host with Ben Neale and Dave Evans as the academic directors. This ...