Pure-bred dogs have been regarded as superior to crossbreeds or what some people refer to as mutts. However, we now ...

In this series, ‘Genomics 101’, we go back to basics and explore some of the most important topics in genomics. In this blog, we explain the meaning of dominant and recessive genes, and how they are ...

Genetic disorders are diseases caused by an abnormality in a gene, often described as a mutation. When such diseases are inherited (rather than resulting from a random mutation), they are passed along ...

Heterozygous genotypes can affect traits like eye and skin color where one allele may be dominant over another. Certain diseases like sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis can have a heterozygote ...

Populations live in rapidly changing environments – droughts come and go, food sources change, human activities reshape habitats. For scientists, this raises a fundamental puzzle: How do populations ...

Your genes code for all your traits. Some genes are dominant and expressed if you receive a copy from one parent. Others are recessive and only apparent if you receive a copy from both parents. Genes ...

Dive into the difference between dominant and recessive genes. How could you take a piece of information and make it vanish from one generation, and then have it reappear? The only way is if the ...

Summary: Carriers of recessive gene mutations, long thought to be unaffected, may actually face subtle disadvantages, including more medical issues, shorter educational attainment, and reduced ...

Some health problems are passed down through families. There are different ways this can happen. To have a child born with what’s called an “autosomal recessive disease” like sickle cell disease or ...

1 Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 3 Harvard Medical School, ...

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Researchers have conducted what they say is the largest and most diverse study to date on how recessive genetic changes contribute to developmental disorders. The team, headed by researchers at the ...