Contents What is a gene? What is an allele? - Major and minor alleles How are genes and alleles inherited? What is a dominant gene and what is a recessive gene? Genes and alleles are essential to ...

Scientists in Japan have used gene-editing technology to remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome, at least ...

Tumors are often genetic mosaics, harboring diverse cell populations shaped by mutations like copy number variations (CNVs). These genomic ...

Tumors are often genetic mosaics, harboring diverse cell populations shaped by mutations like copy number variations (CNVs). These genomic alterations ...

If you have two copies of the same version of a gene, you are homozygous for that gene. If you have two different versions of a gene, you are heterozygous for that gene.

“Conflict” seems to imply war and genocide. If disease killed them, it would be very odd for another group to move into their places. More likely it was one of the two great killers of civilizations: ...

Genome editing technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 have transformed biology, medicine, and agriculture, but concerns remain about ...

Autism has at least four subtypes, an analysis of more than 5,000 children’s genes, traits and developmental trajectories has ...

Paraphase – a computational tool that accurately resolves and analyzes paralogous genes – unlocks the difficult-to-analyze ...

Picture juicy red tomatoes on the vine. What do you see? Some tomato varieties have straight vines. Others are branched. The ...

Scientists have found 473 human genes that behave like on/off switches, revealing links to cancer, immune conditions, and ...