Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants, long before the discovery of ...

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection lacked valid hypotheses on the nature and mechanism of inheritance as well as on the origin and preservation of biological variation.

At a time when family structures are more fluid and less determined by "blood" relationships than ever before we have an increasing emphasis on genetic inheritance as the transmitter of both human ...

The friar’s experiments laid the groundwork for genetics — and his understated approach to his work is inspirational.

Does Human Epigenetic Inheritance Deserve a Closer Look? The concept of epigenetic inheritance has long been controversial. Some researchers hope that new data on cross-generational effects of ...