Researchers led by the University of Vienna and Liège University Hospital Center have identified genetic variants associated ...

Between 1856 and 1863, an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel performed a series of pioneering experiments by breeding plants. Using garden peas (Pisum sativum), he demonstrated that traits such as seed ...

A fascinating overview of our current knowledge of the Peopling of the Americas based on scientific evidence from a number of disciplines along with illuminating discussions of where and why ...

Though we all share common ancestors ranging from a few generations to hundreds of thousands of years, genealogies that relate all of us are often forgotten over time. A new McGill University-led ...

The PHG Foundation hosted an event in Westminster on 8 th December 2022 to showcase the research behind a new book published by Routledge: Making Genetics and Genomics Policy in Britain: From Personal ...

ASTANA – The ethnic history of the Kazakh people is complex, shaped by centuries of migration, cultural interaction and ...

Ever since the first Neanderthal bones were discovered, people have wondered about these ancient hominins. How are they different from us? How much are they like us? Did our ancestors get along with ...

In 1980, a landmark paper described restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), a method predateding high volume DNA sequencing, that could be used to identify disease-causing genes. Ray ...