University of Michigan researchers have developed a statistical method that can be used for such wide-ranging applications as tracing your ancestry, modeling disease spread and studying how ...

Dependence of the number of shared genes and intra- vs inter-phylum best match on the genetic divergence of the genomes compared. In all, 1 838 736 pairwise whole-genome comparisons were performed ...

When 28-year-old Mengqi Ji disappeared, her husband Joe Elledge was suspected of her murder. Then a hiker made a gruesome discovery, and DNA from a juniper tree sealed Elledge's fate.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cuyahoga County prosecutors are continuing to seek justice for survivors of decades-old sexual assaults by identifying suspects through DNA family trees. “One thing I’ve ...

A phylum is just one taxonomic step down from a kingdom. There are currently seven phyla in the kingdom Fungi; by comparison, there are 40 in the kingdom Animalia, which incorporates all animals.

Analyzing genetic tree sheds new light on disease outbreaks Date: February 25, 2016 Source: Los Alamos National Laboratory Summary: Scientists have a new tool for unraveling the mysteries of how ...

University of Michigan researchers have developed a statistical method that can be used for such wide-ranging applications as tracing your ancestry, modeling disease spread and studying how ...

A study identifies motor delay and hypotonia as key predictors of genetic diagnoses, aiding clinicians in neurodevelopmental care and genetic testing decisions.