A reanalysis of whole-genome data from 130 children conceived after the Chernobyl disaster has identified a statistically ...
A groundbreaking study published in this week’s issue of PNAS by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not randomly but more ...
Siblings with autism often have DNA mutations that are very different from each other, which suggests that autism is often genetic happenstance, according to a new study. An analysis of the DNA of 170 ...
Wait, if you have blue eyes, we might actually be related—like, for real. It turns out that every person with blue eyes on the planet is part of one massive, ancient family tree.
Sickle cell disease is a hereditary condition, which means a person inherits it from their biological parents. The condition occurs when a person inherits two copies of the hemoglobin beta (HBB) gene ...