Black tigers are a unique wild tiger found only in one location in India. Due to how few there are, conservation is ...

The purpose of this study is to describe recessive alleles in strictly dominant genes. Identifying recessive mutations in genes for which only dominant disease or risk alleles have been reported can ...

Discovery of most autosomal recessive disease-associated genes has involved analysis of large, often consanguineous multiplex families or small cohorts of unrelated individuals with a well-defined ...

Your genes are made of DNA. This DNA provides instructions, which determines traits like your hair color and blood type. There are different versions of genes. Each ...

Researchers have conducted what they say is the largest and most diverse study to date on how recessive genetic changes contribute to developmental disorders. The team, headed by researchers at the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa is a rare and serious condition. Zevaskyn is the first FDA-approved ...

As a group, carriers of recessive disorders are slightly less healthy and have a reduced chance of having offspring. This disadvantage is greatest for carriers of a recessive gene for intellectual ...

Only a small fraction of rare, undiagnosed developmental disorders in the British Isles are caused by recessive genes. Researchers estimated only 5 percent of the patients had inherited a ...

There’s no simple answer, because genetics is complicated and many traits — such as eye colour — are influenced by many genes Why are some genes dominant? Such as those for brown eyes over blue eyes, ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, researchers identified that individuals with a deficiency of myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MyD88) and interleukin-1 ...

Populations live in rapidly changing environments – droughts come and go, food sources change, human activities reshape habitats. For scientists, this raises a fundamental puzzle: How do populations ...