A new study led by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scientists reveals critically low genetic variation in one of the ...

A University of Illinois study warns that declining genetic diversity in a key corn breeding group could make it harder to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study of over 1.2 million people has uncovered new genetic clues to dyslexia, shedding light on brain development and reading ...

Study co-author Daniel Clauw, MD, explains how the largest study of its kind bolsters the growing evidence that fibromyalgia ...

A centromere is a specific region on a chromosome that ensures that, when a cell divides, the chromosome separates accurately so each new cell receives the correct amount of genetic material. Despite ...

Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced a study indicating that the use of its online screening tool, MyGeneHistory®, alongside a virtual education program, significantly increased the completion rates for ...

The majority of genetic studies focus on people of European descent, which limits the understanding of how genes influence health in other populations. Now researchers at the Perelman School of ...

A wild cannibalistic sexual behavior in spiders has a simple genetic explanation, new study finds.

Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced that a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology found that the GeneSight® Psychotropic Test significantly reduced psychiatric hospitalizations in ...

The risk for teenage alcohol use is shaped by more than just peer pressure or curiosity, according to a Rutgers-led study. Alcohol use during adolescence is associated with a heightened risk for ...

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 ...