Doctors can use a pedigree analysis chart to show how genetic disorders are inherited in a family. They can use this to work out the probability (chance) that someone in a family will inherit a ...

Forty years ago, a postdoctoral researcher named James McGrath who would go on to spend more than three decades as a clinical geneticist and research scientist at Yale, made a discovery that advanced ...

Researchers have identified inherited genetic variants that may predict the loss of one copy of a woman's two X chromosomes as she ages, a phenomenon known as mosaic loss of chromosome X, or mLOX.

* Genetic studies suggest that intelligence is predominantly inherited from the mother * Maternal influence and emotional support play key roles in shaping brain //development * Early learning ...

The inheritance of fur colour in mice is controlled by a single gene. White fur is recessive. Grey fur is dominant. Two mice that are heterozygous for the fur colour gene mate. Determine the ...

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...