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An expert in population genetics praised the techniques used to obtain nuclear DNA testing in the Gilgo Beach serial killer ...

University of Michigan researchers have developed a statistical method that can be used for such wide-ranging applications as ...

Heuermann's defense team has sought to bar from trial the DNA results from rootless hairs found at six of the seven crime ...

A new study suggests a far more intricate genetic tapestry is involved in the ultimate ancestry of people in Japan.

In this Journal Club, Minoli Perera reflects on a 2005 sequencing study by Cohen et al., who discovered two common loss-of-function mutations with large effects on plasma cholesterol levels thanks ...

In this paper, I show that this debate can be resolved by constructing a general version of Hamilton’s rule, which allows for a large variety of ways in which the fitness of an individual can depend ...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found that the critically endangered regent honeyeater faces hidden genetic ...

Researchers developed an algorithm that maps human genetic diversity and ancestry to better understand population history.

Humans Acquired 20% of Increased Brain Functions Due to a 'Ghost Population' That Coexisted With Our Ancestors The origin of ...

They were men of iron nerve, unerring aim and, gazed at through a modern lens, it seems they were also capable of unbearable cruelty.

Regulations set by at least 25 Dutch pedigree dog associations allow breeding with dogs that have genetic disorders, a ...