In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

MaizeCODE is a genomic project analyzing the genetic basis of maize domestication. Researchers identified key regulatory ...

Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.

Breast cancers can be classified into subgroups that hint at the aggressiveness of the cancer and the likelihood that the ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

The field of evolution examines how organisms adapt to their environments over generations, but what about the evolution of ...

A new study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

Breast cancers at all stages are defined by the structure of their genomes, researchers find. Targeting these processes early is likely to offer unexpected therapeutic avenues.

A single gene in the shorebird species known as ruffs controls the levels of testosterone in males, and this in turn affects ...