How much of our lifespan is written in our genes, and how much is sitting on our plates? A new analysis suggests that while ...

The blueprint of who we are begins with the genes passed down from our parents. While these inherited traits give us our eye color and height, they can also contain instructions that increase our risk ...

Forty years ago, a postdoctoral researcher named James McGrath who would go on to spend more than three decades as a clinical geneticist and research scientist at Yale, made a discovery that advanced ...

These resources provide an overview to how the basic principles of inheritance were studied and elucidated by Gregor Mendel. Basic linkage analysis is also described to serve as a foundation for more ...

The Y chromosome is inherited only through the paternal line. Sons receive their Y chromosome exclusively from their father.

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

Touching Base is the dynamic podcast series from the editors of GEN. Each episode features a rotating case of senior editors—including John Sterling, Kevin Davies, Julianna LeMieux, Alex Phillippidis, ...