Languages and human DNA both capture aspects of human diversity. But how are they related? A new international study led by ...

Are human beings as unique as snowflakes? Not quite, but new research shows humans may have a lot more individuality than originally thought -- in fact, the genetic codes of people can vary by as much ...

A more predictive, preventive approach to medicine can enable more accurate population-level risk assessments and predictions ...

A new international study challenges the century‑old dominance of Mendelian genetics, arguing that most traits arise from ...

Genome assemblies from 65 individuals, representing a variety of the world’s populations, are advancing the scientific exploration of complex genetic structural variation. Structural variations are ...

Structural variants (SVs) are alterations in the DNA sequence that involve large-scale changes, typically longer than 50 base pairs. Advances in long-read sequencing have significantly increased ...