Rare genetic quirk twice as common as thought
Inheriting two copies of a chromosome from a single parent is more common than previously thought, according to a new study...
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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...
by James Close
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...
The recent demonstration that friends share more of their genetic makeup in common than two people picked at random from their population has been making the headlines...
Parental genes can influence their children, even if the genes are not passed down at all, according to a new study...
Is sexual reproduction still compatible with Western values? Can germline genome editing ever be considered as medicine? Can we stick to act only on serious disorders? These were some of the provocative and complex questions which were addressed during th
Genetic factors may explain most of the risk of developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD), suggests a new analysis...
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