The New Science of Nature and Nurture.” Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the ...

Gregor Mendel's principles of inheritance form the cornerstone of modern genetics. So just what are they? When looking at the figure, notice that for each F 1 plant, the self-fertilization ...

Most of the time, genes that lead to the disease mutate sometime during your life and aren’t an inherited problem. But in about 5% to 10% of cases, the cause is hereditary. This means that the ...

A large genome-wide association study meta-analysis analyzed data on 42 female reproductive health diagnoses from the ...

Researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's found that using exclusion-based criteria to refer infants ...

Genetics contribute more to the condition than do environmental factors. Autism is highly heritable, and people who have a sibling with autism are more likely to have autism themselves.

Assessing productivity in a beef herd can be done using a range of different metrics. In many cases producers focus on some ...