Genetic studies of diseases map segments of the genome driving disease. But to understand how those changes contribute to disease progression, it is important to understand how they may alter gene ...

Swedish researchers have identified genetic variants that increase the risk of atherosclerosis. The aim is for these new findings to enable earlier detection of atherosclerosis and improved treatment ...

Chr 4 syntenic relationships in Prunus. Synteny between (A) peach and almond, (B) peach and sweet cherry, (C) almond and sweet cherry, and (D) an example of orthologue/paralogue search using the ...

For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate constellations of DNA variants acting together in specific cells. Now a new ...