Camouflage is a common defensive strategy among animals. By modifying their coloration and patterning, animals evade predators or ambush prey. Notably, more than 40% of alpine plant species in the ...

An international team led by the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim has presented the largest genome-wide ...

The application of pharmacogenetics in identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA sequences that cause clinically significant alterations in drug-metabolizing enzyme activities is ...

(Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Researchers are beginning to realize that even vastly different psychiatric disorders can share startlingly similar genetic roots. In February last ...

The first gene mapping study on human scalp hair whorls not only shows that hair whorl direction has a genetic basis, but also that it is affected by multiple genes. Four associated genetic variants ...

Investigations of the genetic basis of coronary artery disease have led to advances in mechanistic insights, therapeutics, prevention, and risk prediction. Indeed, most contemporary medicines for ...

Researchers at Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) in San Diego have successfully applied long-read genome sequencing to reveal the genetic underpinnings of complex psychiatric ...

Thrombocytopenia-absent radius (TAR) syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by a combination of bilateral radial bone aplasia with preserved thumbs and early‐onset ...

If left unchecked, insect pests can devastate crops. To minimize damage and reduce the need for insecticide sprays, crops have been genetically engineered to produce bacterial proteins that kill key ...

Music is central to human emotion and culture. Does our ability to enjoy music have a biological basis? A genetic twin study, published in Nature Communications, shows that music enjoyment is partly ...

From Drs. Wendy Raskind, Ellen Wijsman, and colleagues, University of Washington. Importantly, dyslexia does not affect comprehension. “If you read them a story and ask a question, they’ll understand ...