UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from two unknown ancestors as a result of ...
The human family tree is gaining new branches. Researchers have found in modern humans' DNA signs of two previously unknown ...
Twenty-two years after the completion of the Human Genome Project, scientists have unveiled the most expansive catalog of human genetic variation ever compiled. Across two new papers published ...
A research team led by Zhiping Weng, Ph.D., and Jill Moore, Ph.D."18, at UMass Chan Medical School, has nearly tripled the known number of potential regulatory elements in the genome to 2.37 million, ...
Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic ...
A new method of analyzing modern humans' DNA is revealing secrets about our extinct ancestors.
With rapid progress in sequencing technologies and the successful completion of the project’s pilot phase, the effort to map the human genetic blueprint gained significant momentum. This acceleration ...