One specific study has found our ancient ancestors were not picky on who they had sex with. Yep, researchers now have found ...

Alleles are variant forms of a gene that are located at the same position, or genetic locus, on a chromosome. An allele frequency is calculated by dividing the number of times the allele of ...

Genetically editing sugar-regulating genes increases tomato sweetness, without affecting yield or size. The findings break a ...

A novel genetic locus was identified on chromosome 13q14.2, specifically within African haplotypes (genetic signatures). The ...

That difference is actually a survival benefit: The combination of two individuals' different MHC (major histocompatibility locus) genes gives their offspring an advantage in beating back disease ...