By Chris Gignoux and Brenna Henn
Early human history was characterized by many rapid, long-distance migrations. But despite our beginnings as travelers, genetic evidence published online last Sunday in Nature indicates that after expanding to all corners of the earth people (at least those in Europe) tended to stay close to home.
Close on the heels [...]

Tags: Europe, genome-wide association study, pca, Switzerland

Dogs have served humans as guards, guides, retrievers, shepherds and companions for more than 10,000 years. Now geneticists are enlisting their help in another task — identifying the genetic roots of diseases that affect both man and beast.
Dogs suffer from a number of inherited eye conditions; the progression of their symptoms and gradual vision loss [...]

Tags: blindness, dachshunds, Frode Lingaas, gene therapy, genome-wide association study, NPHP4