When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things — including a crucial event that happened ...

A biobank that is a partnership between UCHealth and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus looks for drug-gene ...

The Y chromosome, the male relation genetic signature, has been a mystery to scientists for centuries. It’s the most repetitive and complex region of the human genome, and never before was it possible ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

The Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs, the most of any animal, and its DNA may reveal insights into evolution and ...

Sweetpotato, a critical food crop for millions, has finally had its genetic code fully decoded after decades of mystery.

Of all the myriad weird and wonderful species that populate this planet, it’s probably not the humble sweet potato that you’d ...

Maria Branyas Morera was the oldest person in the world when she died. Scientists analysed her genes, metabolism and more.

New research shows cannabis can speed up egg maturation but at the cost of egg quality, increasing the risk of abnormal ...

The Atlas blue butterfly has been genetically confirmed as having the highest number of chromosomes out of all multicellular ...

A genomic analysis of over 1,200 people from across South Africa reveals how colonial-era European, Indigenous Khoe-San ...