Humans have been tinkering with evolution for millennia, breeding plants and animals to favor the traits we want, but new research might make the process a bit more direct. Biologists at the ...

It is often difficult to advocate for the importance of gene inheritance and transmission. After all, why should anyone care about Mendelian genetics? Mendel did excellent work, but his research was ...

Gene drive — the ability to shortcut genetic inheritance by propelling a gene throughout a population — has been demonstrated in principle for the first time in mammals. UC San Diego scientists ...

Jan. 24 (UPI) --Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have for the first time tested gene drive, a genomic editing method used to control inheritance, in mice. Their efforts, detailed ...

Nearly three years ago University of California San Diego researchers announced the world’s first CRISPR-Cas9 genetic editing-based approach to controlling inheritance in mammals. The 2019 achievement ...

The earliest studies of genetic inheritance were very straightforward - Gregor Mendel documented the passage of certain easily observable traits as they passed down through generations of pea plants.

When scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen set out to study how traits pass from one generation to another, they expected to find answers in genes. Instead, they found them in ...

Scientists have unraveled the enigma of inheritance of coat color patterns in dogs. The researchers discovered that a genetic variant responsible for a very light coat in dogs and wolves originated ...

Some Juneau friends planted holly bushes in their front yard a few years ago. Those bushes grew well, producing dark green leaves with smooth edges. However, during a few winters of heavy snow, deer ...

I recently underwent genetic testing to see if I had any mutations that could be associated with an increased cancer risk. When I received my genetic testing kit in the mail, I quickly opened the ...