Long before next-generation sequencing technology ushered in today's data-intensive era of human genome information, clinicians have been taking family histories by jotting down pedigrees: hand-drawn ...

Relatedness is a fundamental concept in everyday life and in quantitative genetics. It has a central role in efforts to understand genetic mechanisms and in predicting phenotypes, as well as in ...

Too much linebreeding and prioritizing pedigree can narrow genetic diversity and lead to horse health problems in future generations of foals.

Causal Cascade of Symptoms on Patient Functioning and Health-Related Quality of Life in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer and Metastatic Breast Cancer Studying rare genetic conditions often requires ...

On Cayo Santiago, a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico, demographic and genetic data have been collected on a population of rhesus macaques since 1956. Quantifying which individuals share ...

Studying rare genetic conditions often requires multicenter research to gather sufficient data. However, data from multiple institutions may include relatives from the same family enrolled at ...