population genetics, genetics & genomics

The findings of a new study contradict previous results from some of the same scientists that suggested Neanderthal DNA was gradually removed from modern human genomes.

Unlike other populations living at high altitude, Andeans didn’t rely on hypoxia-related genes.

The variation may help explain why stocked salmon don’t fare as well in the ocean.

Researchers have determined that a diminutive insect out-flies all other winged migrators by traveling thousands of miles between continents and across oceans yearly.

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Researchers find that the people of northern Spain and southern France are an amalgam of early Iberian farmers and local hunters.

Genetic analysis reveals the history of the earliest human migrations in the region.

On creating communal, equitable discourse to broaden participation in genetics research

Raising one evolutionary question after another, Brandon Gaut has harvested a crop of novel findings about how plant genomes evolve.

Harvard geneticists and anthropologists challenge the work of two economists who say there’s a link between genetic diversity and wealth.

The first genetic comparison of one man’s individual sperm cells uncovers unique genetic shuffling representative of a much bigger population.

As the human population expands, the number of rare genetic variants has dramatically increased.