Genetic data show that 14 psychiatric diagnoses cluster into five families of shared risk, explaining why conditions like ...

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through textbooks—and one that is increasingly reaching its ...

Psychological development is like a river flowing along its course. From birth, our psychological maturation runs along ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans.

An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...

A genetic analysis reveals that ancient pairings between humans and Neanderthals favored female humans mating with male Neanderthals, shedding light on their interactions.

The study offers one of the most detailed maps yet of how human antibody responses vary from person to person.

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

A landmark global study co‑led by Dalhousie researchers offers the clearest picture yet of anxiety’s biological roots, ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

But the study, published Thursday in the journal Science, shows “that whenever Neanderthals and modern humans have mated, ...