Genetic data show that 14 psychiatric diagnoses cluster into five families of shared risk, explaining why conditions like depression and anxiety often occur together.

More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...

Advances in genetic technologies have enabled researchers to find regions of the genome that are linked to disease, but it ...

The origin of many diseases begins at the cellular level and involves multiple molecular interactions. However, previous ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

A large international study has mapped the genetic landscape of feline cancers for the first time, revealing striking ...

As the authors note, Down syndrome offers a rare scientific advantage – because it is caused by a clearly defined genetic change present from conception, researchers can study brain tissue at the very ...

A team of international scientists, including researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, reports a major ...

A team of Moroccan and international researchers has produced the first near-complete, chromosome-scale genome of the argan tree, a development expected to advance conservation and breeding efforts ...

Cancer is caused by faulty genes, but what also shapes a cancer cell's behavior is how a gene's instructions are trimmed and ...

Learning French, reading the latest Andy Weir novel, hanging out with friends for St. Patrick's Day - language is central to ...

Ancient DNA shows forests grew on the lost land of Doggerland 16,000 years ago, suggesting it supported wildlife.