The first complete draft of the human genome was published back in 2003. Since then, researchers have worked both to improve the accuracy of human genetic data, and to expand its diversity, looking at ...

Fragments of DNA from long-extinct human relatives still circulate in modern genomes, and in some cases they do more than linger. They actively shape how people survive in extreme environments. The ...

A new study suggests that inherited traits explain a small but measurable share of why some people relocate far from where ...

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

Our world is full of microbes, which have found homes in many environments, from extremely hot thermal vents in the ocean, to the human gut... | Genetics And Genomics ...

Researchers found that Neanderthals carried excess modern human DNA on their X chromosomes, pointing to predominantly male ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia. In ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has changed dogs dramatically from their wolf ancestors, but most do still have ...

"Monogenic" diseases, triggered by mutations in just one gene, may actually be more complex than scientists thought.