As Mendel observed over a century ago, the manifestation of a phenotype can crucially depend on the dominant–recessive relationship between alleles at a given locus. A study of plant ...

Dive into the difference between dominant and recessive genes. How could you take a piece of information and make it vanish from one generation, and then have it reappear? The only way is if the ...

There’s no simple answer, because genetics is complicated and many traits — such as eye colour — are influenced by many genes Why are some genes dominant? Such as those for brown eyes over blue eyes, ...

Pure-bred dogs have been regarded as superior to crossbreeds or what some people refer to as mutts. However, we now ...

"I will go up to the six-fingered man and say, 'Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.'" - Inigo Montoya, "The Princess Bride" If the six-fingered man had survived his ...

Classic osteogenesis imperfecta, an autosomal dominant disorder associated with osteoporosis and bone fragility, is caused by mutations in the genes for type I collagen. A recessive form of the ...

Populations live in rapidly changing environments – droughts come and go, food sources change, human activities reshape habitats. For scientists, this raises a fundamental puzzle: How do populations ...

Do you have a colorful object that jumps out a little too much in your living room? Or a wall that weirdly fades into the background in your bedroom? Do you have all of the wrong colors grabbing ...

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease are the best known of a large family of inherited diseases characterized by the development of renal ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) exists in two variants, which are inherited in different ways, named autosomal dominant PKD (ADPKD) as opposed to autosomal recessive (ARPKD). Apart from this obvious ...