Charlie Health reports that eating disorders are significantly influenced by genetics, with family history increasing risk ...

Genetics explain the demise of the Neanderthals: They did not go extinct, we assimilated them. Story by Nuño Domínguez • 3w. I n 2010, a Swedish geneticist, who had been obsessed in his youth ...

Mendelian genetics provides insights into how traits are inherited through the transmission of genes from parents to offspring. The concept involves the study of dominant and recessive traits, as ...

A combination of genetics and drinking instant coffee is linked to an increased risk of developing a common form of ...

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans are far from being evolution’s greatest achievement.

Can Genetics Explain Human Behavior? The author of a new book about emerging concepts in human genetics considers the question. Bill Sullivan. ... DNA has been writing genetic scripts for “survival ...

But a pair of studies out Wednesday in the journal Nature finds genetics can sometimes explain why sex matters. When tumor cells lose the Y chromosome that characterizes male cells, men with ...

Recent evidence from twin studies reveals that genetic makeup contributes up to 90% to an individual’s height, though genome-wide association studies (GWAS) suggest common variants explain ~80% ...