A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern Cambodia published Thursday reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, raising hopes the endangered species could slowly ...

Hair genetics can come from either parent, and multiple genes can determine hair traits, such as color, texture, and growth. Genes can also affect hair loss. Although it can run in families ...

Technically known as a "bottleneck", this genetic loss is frequently the consequence of a reduction in the number of individuals of a population. The ancient DNA data indicate that the decline in ...

The genetic background of the Brazilian population is mainly characterized by three parental ... All citations were imported into an Excel worksheet and duplicate citations were manually removed.

Mosquitoes looking to mate in Australia are about to have the worst sex of their lives – thanks to genetic modifications turning their semen toxic. That's part of a new mosquito population ...

Lactose intolerance is a common condition that often has a genetic component that can be inherited. Other cases may result from injuries, medications, or chronic medical conditions. Lactose ...

her lab investigates how the genetic diversity that's present today has evolved particularly in under-characterized regions of the world. Alongside researching human population histories, Maanasa’s ...

The population crashed following climate change ... every baby is born with dozens of new genetic mutations, and some of those mutations can be handed down over thousands or even millions of ...

Humankind struggled to survive during a 100,000 year period during the early Pleistocene, according to researchers who used a computer model to discover a severe population bottleneck in our ...

While many other countries also have laws regulating the use and transfer of their population’s genetic material, few are as strict as China’s. For instance, the UK Biobank, a database ...

John Wilmoth is Director, Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). Clare Menozzi, Lina Bassarsky and Danan Gu are Population Officers ...

The new genome rundown may help clarify the contribution of genetic variation to health ... a map of not just one individual, but a whole population of variation," said University of California ...