Cucumber is an economically important crop worldwide, ranking as the third most-produced vegetable after tomatoes and onions.

Plants can carry long-lasting genetic damage from past population crashes, leaving them more vulnerable to future environmental change.

Genetic variation may explain why some children exposed to diabetes in utero become obese and others don't by CU Anschutz Medical Campus edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Alexander Pol Editors' ...

Humans are still evolving, and Tatum Simonson, PhD, founder and co-director of the Center for Physiological Genomics of Low Oxygen at University of California School of Medicine, plans to use ...

What if cattle were selected not only for their productivity, but also for their resistance to disease? A study conducted by ...

Infertility affects around 48 million couples worldwide and can have various causes. In mammals, including humans, eggs are produced in the ovary. When this process goes wrong, it can lead to female ...

How much do your genes determine how long you'll live? It's a question that fascinates us, and one that's been debated for ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The common genetic variation linked to dyslexia may also help explain why some people without the learning difficulty are not good readers, researchers said on Wednesday. The ...

As many as 1 in 5 pregnancies end in miscarriage. In 2% of these cases the women concerned suffer three or more consecutive miscarriages, many of them having no explanation. In August Human ...