A science communicator transformed textbook genetics into an interactive card game that can teach students the basics of ...

When closely related species mate, their offspring sometimes survive but cannot reproduce. This pattern often affects males ...

Researchers at Cardiff University have uncovered how a particularly severe form of DNA damage arises—shedding new light on ...

A long-standing principle of genetics held that every body cell contains two active copies of each gene. In 1984, Davor Solter and Azim Surani ...

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 ...

In 2002, evolutionary biologist Jenny Graves revealed a provocative calculation in regard to the human Y chromosome, later mentioning that it "is running out of time." Over the past 300 million years, ...

Hair genetics can come from either parent, and multiple genes can determine hair traits, such as color, texture, and growth. Genes can also affect hair loss. Although it can run in families, this is ...

Scientists discover hidden DNA scaffolding that forms before genes activate, revealing life’s blueprint is built before it begins.

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 ...