In natural populations, the mechanisms of evolution do not act in isolation. This is crucially important to conservation geneticists, who grapple with the implications of these evolutionary processes ...

Genes make us who we are—but are they shaped by chance, natural selection, or something else?

A new study has highlighted how reproductive biology and human behavior influence the number of children a person might have. This research, which has identified genetic factors that impact human ...

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Balancing selection is a fundamental evolutionary force that maintains multiple alleles at a locus within a population over extended periods. Unlike directional selection, which drives alleles to ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Just seven months after University of Utah geneticists took part in a landmark study that sequenced for the first time the genome of an entire Utah family, U of U researchers have ...

A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural selection has shaped modern human genomes far more than previously thought.

The whole world could soon be seeing red. Instead of being the punchline, redheads will have the last laugh, as a new study reports that humans have been constantly evolving to have flame-colored hair ...

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, ...

Extreme values for cholesterol, glucose, and height are driven by rare, high-impact genetic variants rather than polygenic ...

Most of us think of potatoes as a side dish, something humble and starchy that fills the plate around whatever else is ...