As The New York Times reports, most of what scientists knew of skin-color genetics came from studies of European populations, which found that mutations in the gene SLC24A5 caused cells to make less ...

In January, Color raised $167 million in a Series D round that valued the company at $1.5 billion, giving it "unicorn" status. "From our perspective, we have actually thought about genetics in a ...

Lightly and darkly pigmented Drosophila melanogaster are superimposed on a Rwandan landscape to illustrate the link between altitude and this trait in Africa. This image relates to an article that ...

This mutation alters the production or function of proteins responsible for black fur, resulting in a brown color. When the ARHGAP36 gene functions normally without the mutation, black fur appears.