In addition to single-nucleotide polymorphisms, structural variation is abundant in many plant genomes. The structural variation across a species can be represented by a ‘pan-genome’, which is ...

The largest genetic map of human metabolism reveals new insights on the role of metabolites in health and disease.

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a simple and economical technique for imaging and mapping fruit fly chromosomes. This new approach will enable them to construct the first ...

A major cardiovascular risk factor is thickening of the heart walls (hypertrophy), which can result from high blood ...

British scientists have mapped chromosome 20, the third and longest chromosome to be sequenced in the Human Genome Project. Chromosome 20 is best known for harboring genes that contribute to forms of ...

French and American scientists have mapped chromosome 14, the longest sequenced to date and the site of more than 60 disease genes, including one linked to early-onset Alzheimer's. The feat, enlisting ...

In what might be a surprise for some, the male sex chromosome is far more complex than its female counterpart. This is why it’s taken scientists so long to work out exactly what makes a male a male.

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French and American scientists have mapped chromosome 14, the longest sequenced to date and the site of more than 60 disease genes, including one linked to early onset Alzheimer's. The feat enlisting ...

Scientists are finally done mapping the human genome, more than two decades after the first draft was completed, researchers announced Thursday. About 8% of genetic material had been impossible to ...