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

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

A new study is providing a clearer picture of the genetic landscape of major depression, revealing that the disorder may have ...

Seed plants are essential as a source of food, fuel, medicine, and more. Now, a multidisciplinary team of researchers has ...

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

A study published today in Nature, authored by Illumina, Inc. scientists and by collaborators from The University of Queensland demonstrates the importance of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to more ...

Skin cancer impacts millions of Americans annually, but your chances of getting skin cancer and when it is diagnosed depend ...

Depression in young adulthood has a stronger hereditary component and is associated with a higher risk of suicide attempts than depression that begins later in life, according to a new study published ...

Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some ...

Researchers studying DNA from 131,895 individuals frequently observed two genes — CADM2 and GRM3 — related to patterns of ...

Low soil nutrients slow rye’s gene mixing, a study shows, offering new insight into how environmental stress shapes crop ...

An international research collaboration, including INRAE, has published the complete set of genes (pangenome) and agronomic ...