Gut microbes pass down behavioral traits in mice offspring independent of genes

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

Nature vs. nurture: Sequencing study quantifies genetic influence on human traits and diseases

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

Plants balance adaptability in skin cells with stability in sex cells, study reveals

Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at the University of California, ...

Alternate proteins from the same gene can contribute differently to health and rare disease

Around 25 million Americans have a rare genetic disease, and many of them struggle with not only a lack of effective ...