SYDNEY, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- A landmark study has used whole-genome sequencing to measure how strongly genes shape traits like height, weight, and risk of diseases such as Type 2 diabetes.

Using full genome sequencing data from more than 347,000 individuals, researchers quantified how much genetic differences explain human traits such as height, body mass index, fertility, and disease ...

The field of sheep breeding has witnessed significant advancements in the understanding and application of genetic parameters to enhance economically important traits such as growth, wool quality, ...

Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and ...

Duke University biologists have evolved a complex trait in the laboratory -- using the pressure of selection to induce tobacco hornworms to evolve the dual trait of turning black or green depending on ...

Dario Cantù, a professor in the Department of Viticulture and Enology, in the grape orchard outside the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science. (Jael Mackendorf/UC Davis) Wild North ...

Gut microbes are essential partners that help digest food, produce vitamins and train the immune system. They can also pass ...

OSLO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Norway has launched a national clone bank for vegetables to safeguard the country's plant genetic diversity, the government announced on Tuesday.