An emerging idea in evolutionary biology is that inheritance implies more than the sole transmission of the DNA sequence across generations. Non-genetic inheritance of information across generations ...

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 ...

The study focused on so-called coding genetic variants, i.e. variants that are known to change the protein product of the gene. The results of the study, published in Nature on January 18, 2023, ...

A new international study challenges the century‑old dominance of Mendelian genetics, arguing that most traits arise from ...

Genes are located on chromosomes. Chromosomes are in pairs and genes, or their alleles, are located on each of these pairs. When the cell divides in half, each chromosome ends up in a different cell.

Our genes are inherited from our parents, and the different combinations of these genes make us unique. Genetic inheritance controls the characteristics of all living things. This short video explains ...

A new study suggests that the long-standing Mendelian view of genetics has some blind spots.