The first complete draft of the human genome was published back in 2003. Since then, researchers have worked both to improve the accuracy of human genetic data, and to expand its diversity, looking at ...

A research team led by Zhen-Xing Endowed Professor Jian Yang at the School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, has ...

Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, single linear reference genomes (such as GRCh38) have served as the foundation for biomedical research. However, the genetic backgrounds of human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Modern wolves and dogs both descend from an ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears. Iza Lyson ...

Scientists have produced the first complete X and Y chromosome sequences from multiple non-human primate species, a technical achievement that researchers say could eventually support conservation ...

A massive new genetic analysis reveals that the biological traits underlying autism risk are the same across people of ...

Our world is full of microbes, which have found homes in many environments, from extremely hot thermal vents in the ocean to the human gastrointestinal tract. Many of those microbes have become ...

Lurking within the genomes of nearly all species--including plants, fungi, and even humans--are genes that are passed from generation to generation with no clear benefit to the organism. Called ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia. Domesticated species are the plants and animals that ...