Our parents' genes, even the ones we didn't inherit, leave a measurable lasting imprint on our lives. An international team ...

A major mouse study found that some inherited traits are passed down through epigenetic changes that break the classic rules ...

A new study maps "genetic nurture," showing how parents' uninherited genes shape a child's height, BMI, and intelligence.

In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...

The 2010 discovery that early humans and Neanderthals once encountered one another and had babies was a scientific bombshell that electrified the field of human origins. Now, geneticists at the ...