Genetic tests of ancient settlers' remains show that Europe is a melting pot of bloodlines from Africa, the Middle East, and today's Russia. Three waves of immigrants settled prehistoric Europe.

Potatoes are a staple food for over 1.3 billion people. But despite their importance for global food security, breeding ...

A young European royal has died due to a rare genetic disorder at the age of 22. Prince Frederik of Luxembourg passed away from a rare mitochondrial condition affecting two of his POLG genes that ...

The European Journal of Human Genetics is the official journal of the European Society of Human Genetics, publishing high-quality, original research papers, short reports and reviews in the ...

A large genome-wide association study in East Asians uncovers novel genetic links to depression, calling attention to the consequences of underrepresentation of non-European groups in genetic research ...

If true, genetic engineering must offer firms economic advantages over alternative methods of developing seed varieties. A recent European survey provides some data on the actual use of genetic ...

Contrary to expectations even when black and brown make up 52% of the 190 million Brazilians, --according to the latest census--, their genetic ancestry is more predominantly European than African ...

A research team has decoded the genome of historic potato cultivars and used this resource to develop an efficient method for analysis of hundreds of additional potato genomes.