Summary: A new review explores the genetic factors influencing reproductive health, fertility, and life expectancy.

Genetic variations in the SI gene influence sucrose consumption and preference, with the potential for targeted therapies to ...

Population genetics is the study of the genetic composition of populations, including distributions and changes in genotype and phenotype frequency in response to the processes of natural ...

A high genetic risk for MS, along with exposure to tobacco or other environmental factors, can affect early brain development ...

In the context of an area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) applied to tsetse flies that are vectors of African Trypanosomosis (AT), which remains one of the major constraints to agriculture ...

eLife reviews research including the genetic basis of health and disease, epigenetics, genomics, medical genetics, genetic epidemiology, and population genetics. Learn more about what we review and ...

A groundbreaking study unveils nine genetic variants linked to longevity in the Indian population, offering new insights into ...

A new study reveals that Africa’s low rates of Zika virus outbreaks may be due to a surprising factor: the genetic makeup of ...

Led by researchers from the University of Oxford's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and the University of Iceland, ...

The findings could potentially enable patients to be identified and treated before symptoms of ATTR-CM emerge.

A GENETICS project aiming to have one of the largest research reference population for goat meat production in the world has ...

The genome of a once-endangered songbird shows extensive signs of inbreeding, according to a new study. Because inbreeding can negatively impact survival and reproduction, the results could guide ...