In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...

Inheritance is the passing of traits from parents to offspring. Our modern understanding of inheritance comes from a set of principles proposed by Austrian monk and researcher Gregor Mendel in 1865.

The concept of epigenetic inheritance has long been controversial. Some researchers hope that new data on cross-generational effects of environmental exposures will help settle the debate. Andrea ...

Genetics is fiendishly complex. We know this from decades of molecular biology, from the resulting studies on the sequencing and analysis of genomes and from our increasing knowledge of how genes ...

V.Q.R. da Silva, A.T. Amaral Júnior, C.A. Scapim, S.P. Freitas Júnior and L.S.A. Gonçalves When using genotypes of different heterotic groups, the scarcity of information on the inheritance of traits ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. In Oscar Wilde’s celebrated 1895 comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the protagonists ...