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 ...

Scientists in Japan have used gene-editing technology to remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome, at least in lab-grown human cells. The project, led by Dr. Ryotaro Hashizume of Mie ...

Mutations in FMR1, the gene encoding fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1 (FMRP), located at Xq27.3 and discovered in 1991, are the leading single-gene causes of autism and intellectual disability.

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers developed a novel approach to infer parent-of-origin (PofO) of alleles without parental genomes. Genome-wide ...

Spread the loveOn March 14, 2026, developmental biologists Davor Solter and Azim Surani were honored with the esteemed Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, accompanied by a generous award of ...