Schizophrenia has long been one of medicine’s most puzzling conditions, with genetics offering tantalizing clues but an incomplete picture. A record-setting DNA study in people of African ancestry is ...

Genomic analysis of three Neanderthals shows unusually high modern human DNA on the X chromosome offering clues about ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Meharry Medical College has launched an ambitious new research initiative aimed at building the world's largest collection of genetic information from people of African ...

Most people of non-African ancestry carry about 2% Neanderthal DNA, and researchers report a mirror image pattern with more human DNA on the Neanderthal X chromosome.

Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ancestral group in Africa, dating back 200,000 to 300,000 years. But new ...

Researchers have developed a noninvasive DNA tool to help monitor hard-to-trace African carnivores, including caracals and leopards, making it potentially useful in the conservation of elusive and ...

Carina Schlebusch receives funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Swedish Research Council. Cesar Fortes-Lima receives funding from the Bertil Lundman’s Foundation, the Marcus ...