A new study on mice shows that luck in early life can determine success as an adult, especially when competition is high.

Polygenic scores (PGS) are metrics used to estimate the genetic predisposition of people to developing specific mental health ...

Genetic differences that contribute to how long a person will live and their risk of Alzheimer's disease have been identified ...

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but ...

Learn more about how researchers zoomed in on the genomes of Chornobyl's dogs.

Our results explain how genetic variation in a single gene can have ... Professor Craig Primmer from the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki By altering ...

In an article published in Evolutionary Applications, researchers from the University of Agder (UiA) and the Institute of ...