A study from the University of Oulu, Finland, has uncovered compelling evidence linking maternal education levels at the time ...

Study: Association between maternal perinatal stress and depression and infant DNA methylation in the first year of life. Image Credit: Drazen Zigic / Shutterstock In a recent study published in ...

The other approach analyzes mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA. Because mtDNA tends to survive long after nuclear DNA has disintegrated, this approach is useful in identifying the remains of persons who ...