A new study suggests that the long-standing Mendelian view of genetics has some blind spots.

For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel’s pea plants: traits pass from parent to ...

A new study maps "genetic nurture," showing how parents' uninherited genes shape a child's height, BMI, and intelligence.

Some variation is the result of differences in the surroundings, or what an individual does. This is called environmental variation. Humans, dogs and goldfish are examples of species. Different ...