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 ...
In flowering plants, the genomes of cytoplasmic organelles – mitochondria and plastids – are typically inherited from the maternal parent, insulating them from the recombination that operates on ...
Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance describes the transfer of phenotypic traits across generations via heritable changes in gene regulation rather than alterations in DNA sequence. These ...