Note how many genes a fruit fly can squeeze out of its relatively small genome. Scientists are intrigued by genetic variation among their own kind: human beings. As scientists make advances in the ...

Both negative selection acting against deleterious mutations and positive selection acting in favour of beneficial mutations is common in the human genome. Although most selection acting on ...

search for genes linked to different types of disease understand inherited disorders and their treatment trace human migration patterns from the past Scientists are searching for disease ...