Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose -- and how it protected our ancestors from ancient diseases.

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The mitochondrial genome can help researchers map ancestry and better understand the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases.

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Children with gifted parents tend to do better in school even if they didn't inherit the intelligence genes, a study found, ...

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but usually over short distances across the DNA sequence, with the on/off switch ...

Comb jellies "could repurpose [their] genetic toolkit in different ways like a Swiss knife," said the researchers.