Researchers have used distinct markers from human subpopulations ... most of the variation in genetic polymorphisms is related to differences among individuals within populations—some 85% ...

The question of where we come from is one that has fascinated humans for centuries,” states Dr. Trevor Cousins of the ...

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

Thinking about population genetics often brings to mind visions of animals in the wild being swept along by the tide of natural catastrophes, soil depletion, or predation. However, over the past ...

Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2003, the world's scientific community has been racing to decipher this "book" written in an alphabet of four letters.