Doctors can use a pedigree analysis chart to show how genetic disorders are inherited in a family. They can use this to work out the probability (chance) that someone in a family will inherit a ...

Gregor Mendel's principles of inheritance form the cornerstone of modern genetics. So just what are they? When looking at the figure, notice that for each F 1 plant, the self-fertilization resulted in ...

Scientists detected BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes by studying individuals in families known to have inherited breast cancer. They were able to create a pedigree analysis, which is similar to a family tree ...