Worldwide scientific collaboration unveils genetic architecture of gray matter The cerebral cortex is the relatively thin, folded, outer “gray matter” layer of the brain crucial for thinking, information processing, memory, and attention. Not much has […]
First experimental genetic evidence of the human self-domestication hypothesis A new University of Barcelona study reveals the first empirical genetic evidence of human self-domestication, a hypothesis that humans have evolved to be friendlier and more […]
To survive in the human gut, bacteria need genetic ‘passcode’ Humans’ guts are a dangerous place. Bacteria living in people’s intestines pump out toxins to deter microbial intruders. But each person’s gut comes with its […]
Researchers at the University of Sussex have identified how differences in the genetic sequence of the two main strains of the cancer-associated Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can alter the way the virus behaves when it infects […]
New Genetic Links Reveal Anorexia Could Be Much More Than a Psychiatric Condition For the first time, scientists have identified a set of specific gene variants linked to anorexia nervosa, providing some of the strongest evidence […]
Owning a dog is influenced by our genetic make-up A team of Swedish and British scientists have studied the heritability of dog ownership using information from 35,035 twin pairs from the Swedish Twin Registry. The […]