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 ...

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

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 ...

The largest genetic study of cognition to date has been published, involving nearly half a million people of European ...

All species of big cats, including tigers, cheetahs, leopards, lions, snow leopards, and jaguars, are protected under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). This is ...

The current study aimed to elucidate the genetic variability existing in walnut germplasm and to determine the potential traits for selecting elite genotypes. Ultimately, an ample amount of genetic ...

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 ...

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

Researchers studying a giant tortoise named Jonathan say it’s not just good genes, but lack of genetic wear and tear that ...