Two studies using long-read sequencing have revealed over 167,000 structural variants across global populations, doubling ...

Genome assemblies from 65 individuals, representing a variety of the world’s populations, are advancing the scientific exploration of complex genetic structural variation. Structural variations are ...

Completed in 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the first sequence of the human genome, albeit based on DNA from a small ...

Scientists have reached a new milestone in decoding the human genome, unlocking complex regions once believed to be too ...

Scientists decode how the 1918 flu rapidly adapted to humans—much earlier than thought.

Genome assemblies from 65 individuals, representing a variety of the world's populations, are advancing the scientific exploration of complex genetic ...

A global team mapped over 100,000 structural variants in human genomes by applying Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing and a ...

Researchers have put together the most complete view yet of the genetic variation in humans, presented in two studies in the journal Nature.

Genetic study reveals hidden chapter in human evolution Date: March 18, 2025 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations ...

They studied the influence of ancestry, common genetic variants and environmental factors on the rates and types of de novo mutations (DNMs) – genetic changes that arise in the egg or sperm and are ...