(Edsel Querini/iStock/Getty Images) Over thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on ...

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Behavioural genetics is the interdisciplinary effort to establish causal links between genes and animal (including human) behavioural traits and neural mechanisms. Methods used include twin studies, ...

For decades the idea of eugenics has been taboo. Now it is returning in a new commercial guise ...

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Setara brings together an experienced team and a proven genetics-driven approach to design and development of small molecule ...

Millions of years after an infection, viral DNA still influences how developing chimpanzee brain cells behave.

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Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins joins Chris Williamson to discuss some of the most controversial questions surrounding ...

Natural blond hair is rare worldwide. Here's how sunlight, genetics and childhood darkening explain it, and why blondness ...

Oligodendrocytes in the brain carry out one job that matters for memory: they wrap nerve fibers in myelin, the fatty ...

Early findings presented at ASHG 2026 indicate nearly all people choose to learn their genetic health risks when given the option ...