A study of 470,000 people reveals that the APOE gene could be behind 90% of Alzheimer's cases in the world today.

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

An autoimmune condition that affects the thyroid gland, known as autoimmune hypothyroidism, is the most common autoimmune ...

DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare.

New humpback whale study shows older male whales were more likely to become fathers and younger males were less likely to do ...

Researchers at the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology have uncovered new evidence that two major types of gene-controlling DNA sequences, promoters and enhancers, operate with a shared ...

It turns out that mosquitoes have been bugging us for a very, very long time.

Duckweed is the fastest-growing flowering plant, but new knowledge of duckweed genetics discovered by Adelaide University researchers could lead to even faster growing rates. The research team, led by ...

The genetic network of BTB zinc finger transcription factors and Eip93F is crucial for Kenyon cell identity regulation and neuronal function acquisition in the construction of Drosophila mushroom ...

New research suggests that super-agers generate twice as many neurons as typical older adults. But you don't have to be a ...

If more human females mated with Neanderthal males than the other way around, over thousands of years you would expect to see ...