Hair genetics can come from either parent, and multiple genes can determine hair traits, such as color, texture, and growth. Genes can also affect hair loss. Although it can run in families, this is ...

Scientists have shown that evolution has been using the same genetic "cheat sheet" for over 120 million years, suggesting ...

From Mendel’s pea plants to today’s genome mapping, our understanding of genetics has transformed how we see heredity, traits, and evolution. DNA’s code, once mysterious, now reveals a complex ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

Shaped by fads and one-size-fits-all approaches, current dietary practices rely on the idea that everyone needs the same food to achieve similar results, an idea challenged by new research from the ...

Nature and nurture both determine how likely you are to develop a particular disease. Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty Images Sitting in my doctor’s examination room, I was surprised when she ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

In two new studies, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have clarified how a long-banned group of chemicals, called ...

Researchers have found more than a hundred new genes that they believe are linked to schizophrenia. And part of the reason ...

Rice blast disease, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, remains one of the most arduous challenges to global rice production and food security. Recent advances in genetic analysis and molecular ...

In people with type 1 diabetes (T1D), the immune system shuts down the body's ability to make the hormone insulin, ...