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.

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While we inherit genes from both parents, certain traits are more strongly influenced by paternal genetics. From the way you ...

Multifactorial diseases, such as coronary artery disease, can be as complex as their name suggests. How much can we hope to understand about diseases with such variation in inheritance? Aa Aa Aa ...

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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 ...

Dermatoglyphic traits in a sample of twins were analyzed to estimate the resemblance between MZ and DZ twins and to evaluate the mode of inheritance by using the maximum likelihood-based Variance ...

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 ...