Gregor Mendel described his experiments with pea plants and proved that genes are transmitted in discrete units, with certain ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes. A gene is a basic unit of heredity, the means by which traits get passed from one generation to the next, and genetics is the study ...

A monastery garden in the mid-1800s became the birthplace of genetics. Gregor Mendel, a friar, studied pea plants. He ...

Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our ...

The human genome may have been sequenced, but we are still learning about how it works. One of the features of the genome scientists are still deciphering is epigenetics, which refers to the various ...

A random mutation in a gene can alter its function and bring about a new characteristic that can pass down for many generations, but this may not be the only way that organisms can inherit a trait.

LEHI, Utah, Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Always felt like you share your mother's love of early mornings or your ability to nap anywhere from your dad? Starting today, it will be possible to prove ...

A Spokane genetic diagnostic company has launched 46 new disease and trait tests for canines. Paw Print Genetics, a division of Genetic Veterinary Sciences Inc., developed the 44 canine inherited ...