Scientists have unraveled the enigma of inheritance of coat color patterns in dogs. The researchers discovered that a genetic variant responsible for a very light coat in dogs and wolves originated ...

It is often difficult to advocate for the importance of gene inheritance and transmission. After all, why should anyone care about Mendelian genetics? Mendel did excellent work, but his research was ...

Although schwannomatosis is a genetic condition, the inheritance patterns for this disorder are complex and much less clear than for both NF1 and NF2. Some cases of schwannomatosis are familial, with ...

Jaime Murillo, MD, explores genetic inheritance patterns of Lp(a) from childhood to adulthood, highlighting stability, factors affecting measurement, and awareness challenges among those in the health ...

Forty years ago, a postdoctoral researcher named James McGrath who would go on to spend more than three decades as a clinical geneticist and research scientist at Yale, made a discovery that advanced ...

“From Brown to Evergreen: How Eye Colors Evolved” Your eyes may seem ordinary when you catch your reflection each morn ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare, incurable condition that typically begins in early childhood and is marked by worsening muscle weakness. The disease results from changes in a gene ...

Before beginning this month’s blog topic, I want to mention a couple of developments related to our UAB NF Program. First, one of the adult neuro-oncologists who worked with patients in our NF Clinic, ...

In the usual, everyday gamble of parenting and genetics, a recessive disease or health condition shows up in a child only if both parents carry the gene mutation. Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer ...