Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, finds a new global study.

The course is an introduction to developmental biology and genetics - in plants, animals and other relevant groups of organisms. We will use concepts and principles from genetics and epigenetics to ...

DNA-testing company 23andMe and its co-founder, Anne Wojcicki, aimed to revolutionize healthcare, bringing genetic tests into homes with just a tube of spit. WSJ takes a look at factors that ...

Genetic diversity is a crucial indicator for the conservation of germplasm resources. Studies have revealed that the Huang-Huai goat, along with several other local breeds such as the Funiu white goat ...

Daily briefing: About 1% of children have genetic paternity other than that recorded by history A geneticist gently prises open the branches of family trees to reveal hidden kinships.

It's time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease, argues Sui Huang from the Institute for Systems Biology, U.S., and colleagues in an essay published in ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Modern humans descended ...