Search Results for: paternal
Paternal-effect gene
Definition noun, plural: paternal-effect genes A gene from the father's genome in which the phenotype in the zygote is... Read More
Paternal inheritance
Definition noun A form of inheritance wherein the traits of the offspring are paternal in origin due to the expression of... Read More
Older Fathers More Likely To Have Autistic Children
Children of men age 40 and older have a significantly increased risk of having autism spectrum disorders compared with... Read More
Parental chromosomes are together but still apart at first mitosis
A recent finding by a team of researchers from European Molecular Biology Laboratory on the parental chromosomes during the... Read More
Mitochondrial DNA not just from moms but also from dads?
If one wants to trace down lineage, that person could turn to the cell's powerhouse, the mitochondrion. This organelle... Read More
UNC study pinpoints gene crucial for female embryo survival
Gene keeps paternal X chromosome inactive CHAPEL HILL - A gene discovered by scientists at the University of North... Read More
Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA Definition noun plural: mitochondrial DNAs The genetic material in the mitochondrion that carries code... Read More
Maternal inheritance
Definition noun A form of inheritance wherein the traits of the offspring are maternal in origin due to the expression... Read More
Zygotic-effect gene
Definition noun, plural: zygotic-effect genes (1) Any of the genes expressed in the early embryo. (2) Any of the genes... Read More
Law of Segregation
Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance The father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, reported his findings in 1860 that was initially... Read More
First Evidence That Female Human Embryos Adjust The Balance Of X
Dutch researchers have found the first evidence that a process of inactivating the X chromosome during embryo development... Read More
Mitochondrial inheritance
Definition noun An inheritance pattern that results from the expression of mitochondrial DNA. Supplement This form of... Read More
Drinks of the father
A "phenotype" is a way to measure an observable trait or behavior. Researchers examine a phenotype in... Read More
Heterozygote
Definition noun, plural: heterozygotes A nucleus, cell or organism possessing two different alleles for a particular... Read More
Pseudodominance
Definition noun (genetics) The manifestation of a recessive trait, mimicking an inheritance of a dominant... Read More
Law of Purity of Gametes
Definition noun (genetics) Gregor Mendel's law stating that the unit factors are brought together and paired during union or... Read More
Sex-determining Region Y gene
Definition noun The gene that codes for the SRY protein, which is associated with the testicular development in many male... Read More
Law of Dominance
Definition noun (genetics) Gregor Mendel's law stating that when two alleles of an inherited pair is heterozygous, then,... Read More
Sex Reversal – When Males Grew Ovaries Instead of Testes
Summary: Sex reversal is not unusual in some animals, especially in invertebrates. As for the vertebrates, there are... Read More
Maternal-effect gene
Definition noun, plural: maternal-effect genes (1) A gene from the mother's genome in which its phenotype in the zygote is... Read More
Maternal gene
Definition noun, plural: maternal genes (1) A gene from the mother's genome in which its expression on the phenotype of the... Read More
Poor motherly care for newborn linked to a father’s gene?
Scientists from Cardiff University's School of Biosciences reported that a father's gene may have an impact on the quality... Read More
Zygotic gene
Definition noun, plural: zygotic genes Any of the developmental genes transcribed from the DNA of the zygote. Supplement In... Read More
Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Independent Assortment Definition noun (genetics) Mendelian law stating that for every pair of unit factors, each... Read More
Homozygous
Definition adjective (genetics) Of, or pertaining to an individual (or a condition in a cell or an organism) containing... Read More
Homozygote
Definition noun, plural: homozygotes A nucleus, cell or organism where the alleles for a particular gene on each chromosome... Read More
Overlapping genetic and archaeological evidence suggests neoloithic migration, say Stanford researchers
STANFORD, Calif. For the first time, Stanford researchers have compared genetic patterns with archeological findings to... Read More
Florida scientist finds eight new snails that may give water quality clues
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- They're barely big enough to see and they feel like grit, but some new species of snails discovered... Read More
World first: Scientists succeed in cloning human embryos from eggs matured in the lab
Copenhagen, Denmark: Scientists in Belgium have discovered how to clone human embryos from eggs that have been matured in... Read More
Alloparenting-What Is It?
“Alloparenting—What Is It?” Sonja G. Rosas 13 September 2007 An Introduction To Alloparenting Every gregarious... Read More
Fitness Correlates Of Song Repertoire Size In Free-living Song Sparrows
Birdsong delights listeners and intrigues evolutionary ecologists. Female birds are thought to preferentially mate with... Read More
Courtship-role-reversal in the bean weevil, Bruchidius dorsalis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae): Interplay between male-male competition and cryptic female choice
Courtship-role-reversal in the bean weevil, Bruchidius dorsalis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae): Interplay between male-male... Read More
Among Wrens, Moms Teach Daughters To Call, Dads Teach Sons, Study Reveals
CHAPEL HILL -- Spying on birds with binoculars while tape recording their sounds on a cattle ranch south of Caracas,... Read More
Physical and sexual abuse linked to asthma in Puerto Rican kids
Children who are physically or sexually abused are more than twice as likely to have asthma as their peers, according to... Read More
Dominant lethal trait
Dominant lethal trait trait, expressed in the phenotype if present in the genotype, that precludes having descendants. All... Read More