A major mouse study found that some inherited traits are passed down through epigenetic changes that break the classic rules ...

For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel’s pea plants: traits pass from parent to ...

Mice show that DNA methylation tags can defy Mendel’s inheritance rules by appearing in offspring even when neither parent ...

Scientists have long known that the DNA code in genes is not the only way to pass genetic traits from parents to offspring.

The history of science is full of tales of unappreciated genius. Indeed, the founder of modern genetics was not fully appreciated for his ideas until decades after his death. His name was Gregor ...

Gregor Johann Mendel’s experiments on pea plants in the mid-19th century established the fundamental principles of heredity by demonstrating that traits are transmitted as discrete “units” rather than ...

That's what a team of scientists in the Czech Republic did this year to celebrate Gregor Mendel, a scientist and friar whose experiments in the mid-1800s laid the groundwork for modern genetics.

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, a group of scientists decided to dig up his body and sequence his DNA. We're almost done with 2022, a year ...

When the man known as "father of genetics" turns 200, how do you celebrate? By digging up his body and sequencing his DNA, of course. That's what a team of scientists in the Czech Republic did this ...