Researchers conduct large-scale studies with diverse groups to better understand the genetic factors that influence health and disease. The Million Veteran Program (MVP), for example, includes people ...

In a recent study in PNAS, a team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, shows that a single mutation that has immediate effects on plant fitness is ...

Amazonians are as genetically different from Andeans as Europeans are from East Asians when it comes to genetic variants that affect the response to certain drugs, according to a recent commentary.

Climate change is rapidly altering our environment—and posing major challenges for many animal species. Whether they can adapt depends largely on their genetic diversity. An international study ...

Genetic diversity within many species is declining globally, according to a recently published study. “Any threat that reduces the size of a population, or which causes a larger population to become ...

The National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation (NLGRP) was founded in Ft. Collins, Colorado, in 1958. The ...

The largest genomic study of African elephants reveals that while they maintain overall good genetic health, some isolated populations show signs of inbreeding. Researchers analyzed genome data from ...

Autism does not discriminate. It affects people of different races and ethnicities equally. But much of what scientists know about the genetics of autism comes from people of European descent, who ...

PHILADELPHIA— The majority of genetic studies focus on people of European descent, which limits the understanding of how genes influence health in other populations. Researchers at the Perelman School ...