Genetic variation describes naturally occurring ... Overall, the forces that cause relative allele frequencies to change at the population level can also influence the selection forces that ...

Due to the event, the remaining population has a very low level of genetic diversity, which means that the population as a whole has few genetic characteristics. Following a population bottleneck ...

Large-scale registry data from Norway reveal that genetics and shared family environments significantly influence key ...

Integrating genomics at the population health level has the potential to increase our understanding ... The group included participants with experience in public health, medical genetics, ...

The main message is that absolute levels of Lp(a) matter more than which genes may have caused them, Robert Clarke says.

A newly identified mutation helps super-sleepers get by on just four to six hours of shut-eye per night, while the rest of us ...

For the first time, an international study has deciphered the genome of the population of Brazil. Published in the journal ...

The founder effect is an extreme example of "genetic drift." Genes occurring at a certain frequency in the larger population will occur at a different frequency -- more or less often -- in a ...

The Finnish population is one of the most genetically ... map shows the relationships of the groups measured by a genetic distance. Below the maps you can study the structure at a specific level. If ...

Screening for common genetic variants in addition to rare genetic variants can help improve patient risk stratification for ...