These resources provide an overview to how the basic principles of inheritance were studied and elucidated by Gregor Mendel. Basic linkage analysis is also described to serve as a foundation for more ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes. A gene is a basic unit of heredity, the means by which traits get passed from one generation to the next, and genetics is the study ...

Among the major scientific discoveries, that of genetics has revolutionized our vision of the living world. Scientists now have access to the blueprints of many living beings, from the smallest ...

The genotype of an organism is inherited from its parents through the process of reproduction. During sexual reproduction, each parent contributes half of the genetic material to the offspring, ...

What smaller elements make up the complex DNA molecule, how are these elements arranged, and how is information extracted from them? This unit answers each of these questions, and it also provides a ...