Review: The genetic basis of human height. Image Credit: XiXinXing / Shutterstock A review article published in the journal Nature Reviews Genetics provides an in-depth overview of rare and common ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...

Researchers used Mendelian randomization to uncover causal links between gut microbiota, blood metabolites, and short stature ...

More information: Michael Herger et al, High-throughput screening of human genetic variants by pooled prime editing, Cell Genomics (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2025.100814 Journal information: Cell ...

Research dispels popular misconceptions about large feet, from height predictions to dating advantages, revealing the truth ...

to examine genetic variation across the entire genome (the complete set of genetic instructions found in an organism's DNA) in 6,826 people with epilepsy. The team compared the genomes of those ...

it would take several more decades for the full subtleties of the interaction between autism and the human genome to become apparent. Between any two individuals, the amount of genetic variation ...