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

Using full genome sequencing data from more than 347,000 individuals, researchers quantified how much genetic differences explain human traits such as height, body mass index, fertility, and disease ...

Gut microbes are essential partners that help digest food, produce vitamins and train the immune system. They can also pass ...

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

In a paper published in aBIOTECH, the authors developed APTES—a deep learning system for automated segmentation of individual ...

Predictive indicators for whether a child will be vulnerable to certain diseases after birth, as well as their future height, ...

Sohini Ramachandran is a professor of biology, data science, and computer science at Brown University. C. Brandon Ogbunu is ...

SYDNEY, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- A landmark study has used whole-genome sequencing to measure how strongly genes shape traits like height, weight, and risk of diseases such as Type 2 diabetes.

New research reveals how genetic changes in the barley MKK3 gene fine-tune seed dormancy, determining whether grains stay dormant or sprout too soon. The findings offer breeders new genetic tools to ...

Genetically engineered breeders that lay only female chicks would eliminate the culling of day-old male chicks.

This study is led by Professor Wanneng Yang (National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Plant Gene Research, Hubei ...