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The personal genomics firm is ramping up its suite of disease-related genetic tests.

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In a small study of male twins, nine methylation sites helped researchers predict a persons sexual orientation.

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Duplication of copy number variants may be the source of greatest diversity among people, researchers find.

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By Bob Grant | July 23, 2015

Two genetic studies seeking to determine how people first migrated to North and South America yield different results.

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Researchers link variations in two genes to cases of major depressive disorder in two large cohorts.

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By Anna Azvolinsky | July 15, 2015

Scientists identify a human leukocyte antigen gene linked to immune protection from HIV following vaccination.

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A large-scale genome sequencing effort identifies mutations with disease-causing potential at higher rates than expected.

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By Anna Azvolinsky | June 5, 2015

Somatic mosaicism may be responsible for a larger proportion of genomic variability within humans than previously thought.

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By Ruth Williams | May 28, 2015

Sequence analysis of Egyptian, Ethiopian, and non-African peoples indicates a likely route taken by modern humans migrating out of Africa.

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By Ruth Williams | May 21, 2015

Replacing yeast genes with their human equivalents reveals functional conservation despite a billion years of divergent evolution.

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