What if cattle were selected not only for their productivity, but also for their resistance to disease? A study conducted by ...

Cucumber is an economically important crop worldwide, ranking as the third most-produced vegetable after tomatoes and onions.

Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 nd in the open-access journal ...

Research into genetic variation and wool traits in sheep and goats has revealed critical insights into the structural composition and quality of animal fibres. Studies have focused on ...

The human genome is organised in 46 chromosomes, where all but the x and y chromosomes in men are present in two copies. This means that a person with a faulty gene on one chromosome most often has a ...

Genetic variation may explain why some children exposed to diabetes in utero become obese and others don't by CU Anschutz Medical Campus edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Alexander Pol Editors' ...

Study: Signatures of transmission in within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex variation: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study. Image Credit: Creativa Images/Shutterstock.com Reducing the ...

Eggplant is a globally important vegetable crop, yet its genetic complexity has long limited efforts to improve yield, quality, and stress resistance.

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we evolved. But some of the most changeable regions of our DNA have been ...

Researchers have demonstrated a specific type of genetic variation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time using advanced DNA sequencing technology. The findings support previous ...