Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

A recent Trump executive order defines sex based on gamete size. But the order oversimplifies genetics, hormones and reproductive biology.

This can be done through modifying human embryos to correct the genetic issue. "There are more than 10,000 single genetic mutations that collectively affect probably hundreds of millions of people ...

[Blueringmedia/Getty Images] Scientists at Yale University say they have published research that provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain ...

About 10 out of 100 people are left-handed. Understanding the reason why has intrigued scientists for many years. However, despite more than 100 years of scientific research on left-handedness, it ...

Scanning nearly 700,000 human genomes available through the UK Biobank and the consumer genetics testing company 23andMe and ... identified more than 350 variations associated with being a morning ...

The Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine is transforming medicine by expanding the role of genetics and genomics in science and medicine through major discoveries ...

Inaccurate naming of genetic diseases is resulting in some rare genetic diseases needlessly being undiagnosed ... Our work is ...

Details on their findings were reported in the February 20 online issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics. "Our research reveals the potential for digenic inheritance -- where two genes ...

The cause of rare diseases is increasingly being detected through genome sequencing ... as stated in The American Journal of ...