The scientists used a combination of short- and long-read sequencing data to assemble and analyze genomes from 28 members of the same family.

Scientists found a genetic link between autism and DM1, where repeat DNA sequences disrupt brain gene splicing. This sheds ...

Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine have discovered a rare genetic variant that can directly ...

A team of researchers has used advanced DNA sequencing to develop the most comprehensive atlas yet of genetic change through generations, laying the foundations for new insights into the roots of ...

S cientists might have succeeded in sequencing the entire human genome, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still learning new ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

In a manuscript published today in the American Journal of Psychiatry titled "Long-Read Genome Sequencing in Clinical ...

These are areas with an accelerated rate of mutations often associated ... restructuring of large portions of the chromosomes. Segmental duplications are enriched in the short arms of certain ...