The last few years have seen extensive efforts to catalogue human genetic variation and elucidate its relationship to phenotypes, especially disease. Important challenges lie ahead in this area ...

May 4, 2023 — A major challenge in human genetics is understanding which parts of the genome drive specific traits or contribute to disease risk. This challenge is even greater for genetic ...

A major challenge in human genetics is understanding which parts of the genome drive specific traits or contribute to disease risk. This challenge is even greater for genetic variants found in the ...

A major challenge in human genetics is understanding which parts of the genome drive specific traits or contribute to disease risk. This challenge is even greater for genetic variants found in the ...

These Neanderthal-derived traits reflect skin tone, hair color, mood, and more. In the study, Michael Dannemann and Janet Kelso mined baseline phenotypes for 112,000 individuals from the UK Biobank.