The discovery of four different subtypes of autism is a major step toward understanding the condition’s genetic underpinnings ...

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Some fruit trees are notorious for producing a big crop one year and a much smaller crop the next. Here's what to know and ...

New research suggests that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has four distinct subtypes: social and behavioral challenges, mixed ...

A collaboration between the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the UK plus Melbourne, ...

In Colombia’s Middle Magdalena region, a patchwork of forest corridors is linking up isolated populations of the critically endangered brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus). Composed of native and ...

For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...

University of Buffalo researchers conducted a systematic analysis of switch-like genes by analyzing genomes, transcriptomes ...

Australia's love affair with avocados is undeniable—but our brunch habits are at the mercy of a finicky fruit. If you've ever wondered why the price of an avocado can swing wildly from one year to the ...

A Ph.D. graduate student in biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, with a background in computer science and mathematics, ...

A large twin study from Sweden reveals that genetics account for a surprisingly big portion of how much babies cry and how ...

Sanford Imagenetics and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have reached a major milestone in their partnership, completing 100,000 pharmacogenomic (PGx) tests for ...