genetic diversity

The University of Washington researcher leveraged data from the Human Genome Project to identify genes underlying various health conditions and advance precision medicine.

The discovery, made on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, constitutes an exceptionally high number of new mammals to be described in a single paper.

Tracking human cancers in mice shows some unexpected cell changes that could undermine translational research.  

A study probes how genetic duplications that can swell protein length influence human traits such as height and kidney function.

Over centuries of cultivating Saccharomyces cerevisiae to make dough, bakers have put selective pressure on the species, causing it to diverge into two distinct groups, according to the authors.

The analysis adds new details to the picture of migration and mixing in a diverse country.

An analysis of more than 400 human genomes from residents of 13 African countries presented at this week’s annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics greatly expands our species’ cataloged genetic diversity.

Researchers must ensure that the inequality seen in most of today’s genomic studies and databases is corrected.

A better understanding of the genetic diversity among humans could motivate an appreciation of both our similarities and our differences.

Meet some of the people featured in the September 2019 issue of The Scientist.

How we talk about the coming revolution in clinical care matters as much as the need to involve all types of people in the process.

Certain populations have been historically underrepresented in genome sequencing studies, but the NIH, private clinics, and 23andMe and other companies are trying to fix that.

Urban environments are driving genetic changes in resident species through multiple mechanisms, from establishing gene flow barriers to exerting novel selection pressures.

From changes in gene flow to adaptation, the effects of urbanization are shaping the evolutionary trajectories of plants and animals.

The pelvic bones of women have been shaped more by random evolution than by natural selection, a new study finds.

A new study sheds light on how the most abundant bird in North America went extinct. 

No two neurons are alike. What does that mean for brain function?

Researchers are abandoning the concept of a list of genes sequenced from a single individual, instead aiming for a way to describe all the genetic variation within a species.