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 ...

For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel's pea plants: traits pass from parent to offspring by fixed genetic rules. But a new mouse study suggests that ...

Genes make us who we are—but are they shaped by chance, natural selection, or something else?

The human microbiome is a complex ecosystem of microorganisms that inhabit the human body and have a crucial role in human health. Microbiome composition is shaped by its interaction with many factors ...