The blueprint of who we are begins with the genes passed down from our parents. While these inherited traits give us our eye color and height, they can also contain instructions that increase our risk ...

A new University of Utah-led study has discovered the mechanism behind a decades-old evolutionary mystery-how "selfish chromosomes" cheat the rules of ...

Colorectal cancer is often linked to lifestyle, but inherited gene mutations can also raise risk. Hereditary conditions like Lynch syndrome and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) can lead to ...

Background Monogenic disorders are a major cause of fetal structural anomalies. Most genetic diagnoses involve de novo, biallelic or X linked variants; however, inherited variants in autosomal ...

Studies find genetic, epigenetic, and transgenerational effects from pesticide exposure, particularly during early life.