A controversial new paper argues these widely trusted tests might be fundamentally flawed — and potentially dangerous.

In the grand tapestry of Earth’s ecosystems, it’s often the smallest beings that wield the most significant influence. From ...

Researchers insert a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal variant of the GLI3 gene into mice, altering their bone structure without malformations.

Affected populations: POLG-related diseases are a group of rare, incurable conditions caused by inherited gene mutations. These disease-causing mutations are carried by up to 2% of people of ...

These panels show the drift pattern in the Haldane model and the standard WF model ... The companion study is one such example. Strains were constructed on the genetic background of Saccharomyces ...

University of Ferrara researchers in Italy have examined how European skin, eye and hair pigmentation evolved over the past 45,000 years. Findings indicate that lighter pigmentation traits emerged ...

Designing effective curricula is challenging. Content decisions can impact both learning outcomes and student engagement. As an example consider the place of Hardy-Weinberg equilibria (HWE) and ...

GA has a dependency on genetic diversity just like thriving species of any habitat. In the natural world, isolated species and small populations amplify genetic drift, increasing their chances of loss ...