In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...

Between 1856 and 1863, an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel performed a series of pioneering experiments by breeding plants. Using garden peas (Pisum sativum), he demonstrated that traits such as seed ...

A perspective article in Genetics argues for an experimental paradigm change to capture complex gene effects in combination with environment and genetic background. To the Point: • Many traits and ...