One of the fundamental rules of inheritance states that different alleles (gene copies) of a trait, such as sex, are inherited with equal frequency. "However, we have long known that there are genes ...

Most sexually reproducing species have an even chromosome copy number, but the dog rose does not. What explains its unusual pattern of chromosome inheritance? Joiselle B. Fernandes is in the ...

Autosomal inheritance is when a parent passes down a condition to a child via autosomes, a type of chromosome. In autosomal inheritance, a copy of a faulty gene from one parent can cause a condition ...