When related animals produce offspring, the young can be affected by physical abnormalities and health problems. We explain why.

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

In a study that spans more than a decade, researchers have looked at generations of families in a specific population to reveal the role newly inherited DNA variants play on recessive disease traits, ...

Ever looked in the mirror and wondered why you’ve got those tiny cheek holes or why you can see colors your friends can’t? It ...

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 ...

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As the pharma industry turns away, parents of children with ultra-rare diseases step in to advance drug development.

Crops are far from fully domesticated. Gene flow and genetic pollution are everywhere, varying only by degree. Crop alleles are ubiquitous, infiltrating native ecosystems with unknown consequences.

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 ...

The false negative rates do not appear out of line with the test's sensitivity figures, but issues have been raised with its workflow and the firm's marketing strategy.

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. In diseases caused by dominant ...

Most people who have the Rh blood type are Rh-positive. There are also instances, however, where people are Rh-Negative. Health problems may occur for the unborn child of a mother with Rh-Negative ...