Animal breeding has traditionally focused on improving mean trait performance; however, contemporary research increasingly highlights the significance of genetic variation not only in trait means but ...

Most clinicians still underestimate the degree to which genetic factors shape personality traits and personality development. This is not controversial within behavioral genetics, but it remains ...

Exposure comes down to air, water and food. Toxins can take two pathways into the body: through the nose, or through the ...

For Celine Uhrich, movement is no longer about pressure — it's about healing. On a quiet yoga mat, the college student reconnects with her body one stretch at a time. But that relationship hasn’t ...

Environmental factors significantly influence the development of allergic diseases, overshadowing genetic predisposition. Identical twins showed higher incidences of atopic dermatitis, rhinitis, and ...

Alcohol dependence (AD) is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, and involves "transitioning" through multiple stages of drinking behaviors. A study using twins to investigate ...

Obesity and associated metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers, poses ...

A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic predispositions and environmental exposures converge to cause autism spectrum ...

SHREVEPORT, La. — Research suggests that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) develops from a combination of genetic and environmental influences, including social determinants. These factors appear to ...