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 ...

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 ...

Imagine being able to test for 15 types of cancer from just a drop of urine at a high sensitivity. That’s what a primary cancer-screening test based on nematodes offers. The biology of cancer is very ...