Researchers at deCODE genetics have developed a groundbreaking DNA map, revealing the intricate process of genetic recombination during reproduction. This map highlights areas of DNA that undergo ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during ...

Bones are the living tissue on which the human skeleton is constructed and play a key role in enabling physical movements.

Late-onset Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating, progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects about 7 million ...

Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though ...

Of course, though, testing a child's parentage based on physical features is far too subjective — that's typically where DNA tests come in. Such tests can offer a far more scientific way of ...

The Journal of Human Genetics is an international journal publishing articles on human genetics, including medical genetics and human genome analysis. It covers all aspects of human genetics ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — A groundbreaking study finds evidence that land was inherited through the female line in Iron Age Britain, with husbands moving to live with their wife's community. This is ...

Chinese scientists published the genetic sequences they found last year but did not identify any of the animals possibly infected with the coronavirus. In the new analysis, researchers used a ...

Jan. 20, 2025 — Researchers have profiled the molecular structure and features of a key part of the deadly Nipah virus. Experiments in cells showe how changes in the viral polymerase -- a ...

With the help of a supercomputer to vastly speed up the process, the researchers assembled what are called metagenomes from each water sample, a technique designed to look closely at genetic sequences ...