From eye color to whether cilantro tastes like soap, genetic variability influences many factors in a person’s life. These inherited differences can also determine a person’s risk of developing a ...

Genetic weight loss is reframing obesity medicine by explaining why diets and drugs fail—and how personalized treatment ...

Skin aging is a multifaceted biological phenomenon influenced by an array of factors, including genetic, hormonal, metabolic, and environmental contributors. The aging process of the skin varies ...

Detecting genetic variants associated with the variance of complex traits, that is, variance quantitative trait loci (vQTLs), can provide crucial insights into the interplay between genes and ...

Even a single gene, reshuffled or regulated in new ways, can fuel repeated bursts of evolutionary innovation, according to a recent study of wheatear birds. A study was recently published in the ...