Hooray for the Morapians! I have no idea who they are, but they’ve helped make the effect of genes on politics much clearer. I just read an article that I really like for that very reason. The ...

NEW YORK — Sometimes the biggest discoveries come in the smallest packages. Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

People often remark that allergies run in their family, but the genetic causes have remained unclear. Previous food allergy genetic research has relied upon broad but surface-level methods called ...

New research shows how the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) changes its brain and bodily size throughout the year. The study, published online in eLife, reveals how changes in gene expression ...

A mutation in a gene for a sperm-related protein found in 20% of men may be responsible for a significant proportion of unexplained male infertility, according to a new study.more About 15% of couples ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This project was led by (from left to right): Dr. Marva Bergman, Dr. Eitan Moses, and Prof. Itamar Harel. (CREDIT: Tehila Atlan_ A ...

The association between parents' BMI and their children's BMI during childhood may be primarily due to genetic inheritance ...