These days, it's faster and cheaper than ever to decipher a person's entire DNA. But a small study suggests that looking for disease risks that way may not be ready for the masses. For one thing, the ...

The researchers discovered that a key reason for the difference in results between the two tests is that genes vary in how ...

The first gene mapping study on eyebrow thickness in Europeans discovered three previously unreported genetic loci. The study demonstrates that eyebrow appearance has partly the same and partly ...

An international team of scientists, including from Rothamsted Research, have developed a new method to improve the accuracy of gene mapping in complex organisms—a breakthrough that could enhance ...