Scientists might have succeeded in sequencing the entire human genome, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still learning new ...

A team of researchers has used advanced DNA sequencing to develop the most comprehensive atlas yet of genetic change through ...

In an Advanced Online Publication in Nature Genetics, David Reich and colleagues report a genome-wide study of sequence variation in the human genome (Nat Genet 2002, DOI:10.1038/ng947). Reich et al.

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we ...

Although the days of personalized medical care predicted by the planners of the Human Genome Project are drawing closer, that dream will only be realized through continued research into all of the ...

Copy number variation (CNV) has recently been identified ... In total, these data imply that the structure of the human genome is much more dynamic and malleable than previously anticipated.

As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines ...

In addition, it has become clear that certain regions of the human genome with high genomic diversity are also poorly served by the reference genome. These regions have elevated levels of structural ...

Differences among the DNA of seven ape species—including humans—are greater than originally thought, according to an ...

The scientists used a combination of short- and long-read sequencing data to assemble and analyze genomes from 28 members of the same family.

Whether you have lobed or lobeless ears is due to genetic causes. Biological sex is also an inherited variation - whether you are male or female is a result of genes you inherited from your parents.

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we ...