Do Your Genes Determine Your Entire Life?
Whenever you read stories about identical twins separated at birth, they tend to follow the template set by the most remarkable of them all: the “two Jims”. James Springer and…
Genomes
Genetically Speaking, Mammals Are More Like Their Fathers
You might resemble or act more like your mother, but a novel research study from UNC School of Medicine researchers reveal that mammals are genetically more like their dads. Specifically,…
Unlocking the Key to Immunological Memory in Bacteria
A powerful genome editing tool may soon become even more powerful. Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have unlocked the key to how bacteria are able to…
Which 'letters' in the human genome are functionally important?
There are 3 billion letters in the human genome, and scientists have endlessly debated how many of them serve a functional purpose. There are those letters that encode genes, our…
Environment, not genes, plays starring role in human immune variation, study finds
A study of twins conducted by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators shows that our environment, more than our heredity, plays the starring role in determining the state of our…
Genetic Study Reveals Surprising Ancestry of Many Americans
In the United States, almost no one can trace their ancestry back to just one place. And for many, the past may hold some surprises, according to a new study….