They also illustrate how the analytical power of gene inheritance combined with modern molecular approaches help us understand some of the most complex problems in genetics.

In humans, there are many other disorders that show multifactorial inheritance patterns, such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes, asthma, cancer, and numerous birth defects.

Yet, despite all these problems, most of the phenomena associated with inheritance, including the majority of exceptions to his eponymous Laws, continue to be termed Mendelian inheritance.

Disputed Inheritance Gregory Radick (University of Chicago Press) IN 1865, an Austrian monk called Gregor Mendel, working to understand hybridisation, uncovered exquisitely simple and reliable ...