Genetics News

By comparing DNA of children to that of elderly people, a multinational team of geneticists has identified rare gene variants that influence human lifespan. An...

In a new study, Buffalo University geneticists have demonstrated how defects in an important neurological pathway in early development may be responsible...

Cambridge University scientists have proved the existence of four-stranded ‘quadruple helix’ DNA structures – known as G-quadruplexes – within...

German geneticists have found evidence of substantial gene flow between Indian populations and Australia about 4,230 years ago. 4,000 years ago, Australia...

According to scientists at the University of California in Irvine, a variant of the dopamine-receptor gene may be associated with longevity. Their findings,...

Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley have identified a gene that helps our body convert dietary carbohydrates into fat. The discovery...

An analysis of genome-wide data from 13 Romani groups collected across Europe shows that the Romani people originated in northwestern India some 1,500...

A computational analysis of the genomes of the papaya, poplar, grape, and a small flowering plant called Arabidopsis thaliana, has identified hundreds...

A team of researchers at the New York University’s Langone Medical Center has discovered that two genes, called Hoxa5 and Hoxc5, play a critical role...

According to authors of a new study published in the journal Nature Immunology, a gene called the ariadne homolog 2 (Arih2) may hold the key to treating...

An international team of geneticists has completed the genomic sequence of watermelon, Citrullus lanatus. Watermelon is one of the most important fruits...

A genetic study led by Dr Marta Di Forti from the King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry has provided new evidence that genetic variation...

A new method of gene identification that could increase the genetic information scientists hold on animals by up to 80 per cent has been discovered by...

A gene that is associated with regeneration of injured nerve cells has been identified by a team of researchers led by Prof Melissa Rolls of Penn State...

An international team of scientists has sequenced mitochondrial genome of first New Zealand settlers, and revealed a surprising degree of genetic variation...

In a new genetic study led by Swedish scientists, the indigenous peoples of the Argentinean part of the Andes have been found to carry a gene that accelerates...

A team of Harvard and Max Planck Institute researchers has estimated the date when Neanderthals and modern Europeans last shared ancestors to explore why...

According to a team of researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, mechanisms learned from the early phase of limb...

An international team of researchers has completed the first sequencing of the Denisovan genome, shedding light on the relationships between these archaic...