Ancient genomics can directly detect human genetic adaptation to environmental cues.
However, it remains unclear how pathogens have exerted selective pressures on human …

Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric disorder associated with a reduced fertility and
decreased life expectancy, yet common predisposing variation substantially contributes to …

Despite advances in identifying the genetic basis of psychiatric and neurological disorders,
fundamental questions about their evolutionary origins remain elusive. Here, introgressed …

Objectives Confirming the existence and composition of the shared genetic basis of
Schizophrenia and cannabis and cigarette smoking has critical values for the clinical …

Understanding the expression level and evolutionary rate of associated genes with human
polygenic diseases provides crucial insights into their disease-contributing roles. In this …

Background: A socioeconomic crisis in Russia lasted from 1991 to 1998 and was
accompanied by a sharp drop in the birth rate. The main factor that influenced the refusal to …

Humans are thought to be more susceptible to neurodegeneration than equivalently-aged
primates. It is not known whether this vulnerability is specific to anatomically-modern …

Natural selection shapes the genetic architecture of many human traits. However, the
prevalence of different modes of selection on genomic regions associated with variation in …

Polygenic scores have become an important tool in human genetics, enabling the prediction
of individuals' phenotypes from their genotypes. Understanding how the pattern of …

From a Forbes 30 Under 30 scientist comes a fascinating exploration into how the brain
creates our conscious experiences—potentially revolutionizing neuroscience and the future …