Twin studies can help geneticists determine whether some trait or condition is caused by the environment, or by genetics. Since identical twins carry basically the same genome, if a trait is due to ...

Amid much speculation and research about how our genetics affect the way we age, a University of California, Berkeley, study now shows that individual differences in our DNA matter less as we get ...

New Delhi, A study has uncovered genes that govern how sensitive one is about their environment, levels of which can influence symptoms they present of mental disorders. An international team of ...

Childhood obesity is a growing global crisis, with projections indicating over 250 million affected by 2030. This epidemic ...

New whole-genome sequencing data reveals how strongly DNA shapes everyday traits, closing the long-standing gap in ...

Epigenetic processes affect the expression or activity of genes without changing the underlying DNA sequence and are believed to be one mechanism by which the environment can interact with the genome.

Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and ...