The study bolsters one hypothesis of when people arrived at the landmass that became Australia and other islands, and ...

European fertility clinics used cancer-causing sperm for 17 years, prompting urgent calls for genetic screening reforms and ...

With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...

GRIN2A gene mutations emerge as single-gene cause of childhood schizophrenia, anxiety, and mood disorders, potentially ...

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

Because only part of the man's sperm carried the mutation, only the second round of genetic testing revealed the problem. By ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

After more than 50 years of research, scientists still don't know exactly what causes autism. But the data make clear that ...

In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – ...

A genetic mutation that carries a 90% cancer risk has been passed on by an unwitting sperm donor to dozens of children, a ...

People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of "survival of the ...