Two complementary genome-wide association studies provide new insights into how host genetics influence the human gut microbiome.

Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 nd in the open-access journal ...

1 The extinction vortex, is genetic variation related to extinction?; 2 How to measure genetic variation; 3 Inbreeding, geographic subdivision, and gene flow; 4 Genetic diversity in changing ...

Completed in 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the first sequence of the human genome, albeit based on DNA from a small handful of people. Building upon its success, the 1000 Genomes Project was ...

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A large-scale genomic study of koalas across eastern Australia has found that populations that went through severe ...

A new synthesis finds that common epilepsies are driven by thousands of tiny-effect genetic variants, most still ...