A collaborative effort by the Formosa-Jordan lab from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also affect other areas of the body like the spine, brain or kidneys.

Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded ...

The (TEP) is a geographical area located from Baja California, Mexico to Central and South America (Peru); in volume, it ...

The first study to examine the extent of European ancestry biases in gene maps reveals tens of thousands of genetic ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

DNA sequencing technology makes it possible to explore the genome to learn how humans adapted to live in a wide range of ...

This month Genome Research publishes a special issue highlighting novel advances in computational biology. In collaboration ...

Is an organism a sum of its parts, or should they be considered as a whole? New research on ferns shows how the way scientists understand evolution affects how they study life.