New work by Columbia researchers has turned a textbook principle of genetics on its head and revealed why some people who carry disease-causing genes experience no symptoms.

The process by which a mother's diet during pregnancy can permanently affect her offspring's attributes, such as weight, could be strongly influenced by genetic variation in an unexpected part of the ...

A new population genetics model could explain why the genetic composition of Finnish people is so different from that of other European populations. Researchers discovered a previously unknown ...

In 1859, Charles Darwin proposed his theory of natural selection which acts on variations present in the populations and better varieties are produced in the course of time. Darwin’s theory of natural ...

The friar’s experiments laid the groundwork for genetics — and his understated approach to his work is inspirational.

The Hardy-Weinberg equation is a mathematical equation that can be used to calculate the genetic variation of a population at equilibrium. In 1908, G. H. Hardy and Wilhelm Weinberg independently ...

Now, the study indicates 11 genetic markers can explain about a quarter of the variation in when babies start walking on their own.

Could genetics explain why some people are dog lovers and others cat lovers? Yes — well, partly — according to new research from a team of Swedish and British scientists. After conducting a study ...

Now, the study indicates 11 genetic markers can explain about a quarter of the variation in when babies start walking on their own.