In the ongoing effort to determine just how much of who we are is preordained by our genetic code, heritability, a statistical measurement of how much variation in a trait can be attributed to genetic ...

AlphaGenome is a DNA sequence model that advances regulatory variant-effect prediction to understand genome function.

Using single-cell epigenomic profiling of immune cells from 110 individuals, researchers show that genetic variation and ...

Animal breeding has traditionally focused on improving mean trait performance; however, contemporary research increasingly highlights the significance of genetic variation not only in trait means but ...

The human genome is organised in 46 chromosomes, where all but the x and y chromosomes in men are present in two copies. This means that a person with a faulty gene on one chromosome most often has a ...

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 ...

Even a single gene, reshuffled or regulated in new ways, can fuel repeated bursts of evolutionary innovation, according to a recent study of wheatear birds. A study was recently published in the ...

By studying genetic data from nearly 140,000 IVF embryos, scientists have with unprecedented detail revealed why fewer than ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. As education expanded and gender gaps closed, new genetic evidence shows that family advantage continues to determine who gets ahead in school. Study: Genetic associations ...

For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic ...