Creating genomes from DNA is hugely important for managing threatened species—understanding their past and how they have ...

Rare genetic diseases are challenging for patients and their families—made all the more overwhelming because symptoms tend to ...

The genetic basis of inbreeding depression and of the related phenomenon, heterosis, has been a puzzle for many decades. Based on recent studies in many species, the authors argue that both ...

Analysis - People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is not separate from human beings. In fact, human cultural practices ...

FSTdescribes the processes that lead to genetic differentiation among and within populations and is widely used in population and evolutionary genetics. This article describes the meaning ofFSTand ...

Gabriella Ngang, of Farmington Hills, is one of three in Michigan to take part in a clinical trial of a new sickle cell ...

Traditional cattle breeding has always involved modifying the genetics of animals, but the term “genetic modification” is often associated with more modern biotechnologies like genetic engineering and ...