Explore Mendelian inheritance's pivotal role in reconciling evolution and genetics in the 20th century. In general, the hypothesis of cumulative Mendelian factors seems to fit the facts very ...

It’s a commonly observed habit in families to draw likenesses between members of the youngest generation and their ancestors. “This baby has a smile like her mother,” one would say, or, “He has ...

Genetics is important to our understanding of selection for at least three reasons: first, although the concept of selection seems obvious, it was not until selection was linked to Mendelian genetics ...

Traditionally, genetic disorders have been classified as monogenic (involving one gene) or complex (involving many genes and their interaction with each other and the environment). The identification ...

Annals of Botany, Vol. 100, No. 5, SPECIAL ISSUE: Crop Domestication (October 2007), pp. 925-940 (16 pages) • Background Plant domestication occurred independently in four different regions of the ...

In September 1950, the Genetics Society of America (GSA) dedicated its annual meeting to a "Golden Jubilee of Genetics" that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the rediscovery of Mendel's work. This ...

Background Many observational studies highlight clonal haematopoiesis (CH) as a novel determinant of cardiovascular disease ...