Researchers identified 624 common genetic signals associated with body fat and BMI during childhood. The results suggest childhood and adult obesity overlap biologically but are not simply the same ...

A scholarly exchange published in Epigenetics Communications has reignited one of the most consequential debates in modern ...

The effects of disease-associated genetic variants on gene expression and genome accessibility have been analysed together.

For most of his remarkable life, Jonathan the tortoise has lived on the island of St. Helena, a British Overseas Territory in ...

Myxobacteria are renowned producers of structurally diverse bioactive natural products but are difficult to engineer. Here the authors create a robust heterologous expression chassis and develop ...

Three preprints expand the list of high-confidence autism-linked genes and reveal how variants in these genes contribute to ...

A new review maps how common genetic variants, insertion/deletion polymorphisms, microRNAs, DNA methylation and histone ...

Ants branched into thousands of new species after the dinosaurs died, and a new study links that burst to jumping genes in ...

The short-legged horned toad (Boulenophrys brachykolos), listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, is the only known small frog ...

A quarter-century ago, genetic modification stood as one of the most contentious political and environmental issues in New Zealand. Debate around the technology produced a high-profile royal ...

Environmental exposures are becoming part of the brain-health conversation as researchers examine air pollution, microplastics and other ...

A centuries-old African crop is drawing renewed scientific interest after researchers uncovered findings that could help ...