According to new genetics research, relationships between the ancestors of modern humans likely involved interbreeding within and outside of Africa. 

Do we contain the most elaborate set of instructions?

"This paper is just the tip of the iceberg"

Fun and interesting snippets of science from presentations at the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting 2016

Research presented at ASHG 2016 highlights potential new treatment for the debilitating Niemann-Pick disease.

Psychology researchers at West Virginia University have discovered evidence of a genetic basis for fearing dental treatment.

Using new DNA analysis technology, scientists found dozens of genes that are likely involved in the development of schizophrenia, but had not been uncovered in previous research. 

A hybrid species of all-female fish in the north Pacific Ocean may have survived for an uncharacteristically long period of time by switching mating species.