A new study has examined micronutrient-driven adaptation worldwide and across a broad range of micronutrients. We spoke with ...

Researchers are now exploring how different types of repetitive DNA create genome instability and structurally variant chromosomes.

Scientists hope to advance precision medicine through the discovery of a gene variant that leads to the same phenotype in separate high-dwelling populations while taking a different evolutionary path.

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we evolved. But some of the most changeable regions of our DNA have been ...

Stanford study finds rapid brain cell evolution boosted human cognition but lowered autism gene activity, raising ...

Data from a new study links a pair of duplicated genes to human brain features. The research provides a roadmap for scientists to gain a deeper understanding of brain function and evolution, as well ...

When couples have trouble conceiving a baby or lose a pregnancy, they often undergo routine tests, which can turn up a shock: ...

The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

In the genome, genes that code for protein are often divided into sections called exons, which are separated by spacers called introns. When a region of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) or ...

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