Pure-bred dogs have been regarded as superior to crossbreeds or what some people refer to as mutts. However, we now ...

The results of inbreeding can be very distressing to witness. In this Instagram post, we see a captive lion with skull ...

Scientists studying thousands of rats discovered that gut bacteria are shaped by both personal genetics and the genetics of ...

If something similar occurs in humans, and given growing evidence that the gut microbiome matters for health, genetic ...

A large study of rats shows that genes shape the gut microbiome in two ways: directly, by influencing an individual’s own ...

A new genetic mapping strategy reveals how entire networks of genes work together to cause disease, filling in the missing ...

A new genome-wide mapping method finally shows how thousands of genes connect to drive disease. Biomedical researchers are working intensively to identify the genes that contribute to disease, with ...

A study of over four thousand rats shows gut microbiomes are shaped by both individual genes and the genes of social partners through shared microbes.

Environmental factors such as lifestyle and the medications you take influence the effects your genes have on your body — and can clarify how diseases develop. When you purchase through links on our ...

Arun Durvasula has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Science. Sitting in my doctor’s examination room, I was surprised when she told me, “Genetics ...