A distinguishing characteristic or quality of an organism.
Preimplantation genetic testing can be used in IVF to assess and select the genotype of embryos in order to avoid passing specific genetic disorders on to future children...
Analysis of recently released exome sequence data has identified an association between rare genetic variants and cardiometabolic diseases, such as diabetes and heart failure...
What are the public's views on the use of genome editing in a 'fundamental research setting', and how does this differ to views on its use in medical and clinical applications?...
'Designer babies' created via IVF and selected on the basis of genetic combinations for intelligence or height are unlikely to become reality, according to a recent study...
Inheriting two copies of a chromosome from a single parent is more common than previously thought, according to a new study...
Niche is a genetics survival game where players evolve their own species to survive in testing environments...
The National Academy of Sciences — an organisation partially funded by the US government — has removed a video about genome editing from the internet after it came under widespread condemnation from the academic community...
The first portrait of the anatomy of an extinct group of ancient humans known as Denisovans has been created based on epigenetic changes...
The past few years have seen a huge increase in the identification of rare and common genetic variants associated with disease, advances made possible through ever cheaper and faster genome sequencing technologies...
A large study of the genomes of over 1.3 million people has found 956 genes implicated in insomnia...
