Evolution usually takes its time but, occasionally, sweeping changes can occur in just one generation. Instead of evolving the slow way—with genes gradually mutating until the organism is most fit to ...

One important piece of information about the human Mendelian disorders is the mode of inheritance. Recent studies of human genetic diseases on a large scale have provided many novel insights into the ...

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Researchers from Karolinska Institutet have discovered how mammalian cells prevent the gradual buildup of harmful mutations ...

Dividing assets in a divorce is often a complicated and emotional process, and when inheritance is involved, the stakes can be even higher. In South Carolina, inherited property is generally ...

It is shown that the method of Heuch and Li for recursive calculation of conditional genotype probabilities in pedigrees also applies to joint phenotype probability calculations. This procedure was ...

A new gene for canine congenital eye disease has been identified. Defective RBP4 leads to vitamin A deficiency and abnormal eye development during pregnancy. The study defines a novel recessive mode ...

The study of animal behaviour in ecological and evolutionary contexts examines how behavioural traits develop, persist and interact with environmental challenges. Research in this field investigates ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We investigated body-size inheritance in interspecific sterile hybrids by crossing a Drosophila simulans strain with 13 strains of Drosophila ...