There are many ways you can inherit traits from your parents, says Sabato. First is through a dominant gene—if you inherit a ...

Imagine a future where parents can choose their baby's traits. In-vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is making this closer to reality ...

Through his breeding experiments with pea plants, Mendel established three principles of inheritance that described the transmission of genetic traits before genes were even discovered.

Imagine your doctor calls you to discuss the results of your genetic testing. They tell you your results indicate you are ...

As with other psychological characteristics, personality traits are influenced by one’s genes as well as other factors—and not necessarily the ones we think. What leads to differences in ...