Heredity
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Complex segregation analysis of pedigrees from the Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry reveals evidence for mendelian dominant inheritance.

15 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Familial component is estimated to account for about 10% of ovarian cancer. However, the mode of inheritance of ovarian cancer remains poorly understood. The goal of this study was to investigate the inheritance model that best fits the ... Read more...

The "useful questions of heredity" before Mendel.

Jun 2009 Now Emeritus Head of the Mendelianum (Mendel Museum) in Brno, Czech Republic, Vítezslav Orel began his academic career as a student at the Brno Agriculture University. His work was interrupted first by the Nazi invasion and then by the communist ... Read more...

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: prevalence, mechanisms, and implications for the study of heredity and evolution.

30 May 2009 This review describes new developments in the study of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, a component of epigenetics. We start by examining the basic concepts of the field and the mechanisms that underlie epigenetic inheritance. We present a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Heredity'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Complex segregation analysis of pedigrees from the Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry reveals evidence for mendelian dominant inheritance. 15 Jun 2009
• The "useful questions of heredity" before Mendel. Jun 2009
• Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: prevalence, mechanisms, and implications for the study of heredity and evolution. 30 May 2009
• Generation of transgenic non-human primates with germline transmission. 26 May 2009
• Developmental biology: Transgenic primate offspring. 26 May 2009
• Marmoset model takes centre stage. 26 May 2009
• [Epigenetic inheritance of the sperm: an unexpected role of RNA] 15 May 2009
• Anatomical brain magnetic resonance imaging of typically developing children and adolescents. 29 Apr 2009
• Genetic evaluation of lactation persistency for five breeds of dairy cattle. 29 Apr 2009
• Precise genome modification in the crop species Zea mays using zinc-finger nucleases. 27 Apr 2009
• Breeding value estimation in the Hungarian Sport Horse population. 14 Apr 2009
• Estimation of heritabilities, genetic correlations, and breeding values of four traits that collectively define hip dysplasia in dogs. 30 Mar 2009
• Inside the outliers. 30 Mar 2009
• Genetic parameters for claw and leg health, foot and leg conformation, and locomotion in Danish Holsteins. 30 Mar 2009
• Neurochemistry, neuropathology, and heredity in SAMP8: a mouse model of senescence. 25 Feb 2009
• Host-race formation: promoted by phenology, constrained by heritability. 12 Feb 2009
• Estimating the heritability of female lifetime fecundity in a locally adapted Drosophila melanogaster population. 27 Jan 2009
• Being human: kinship: race relations. 20 Jan 2009
• When winning a Nobel Prize seems to run in the family. 20 Jan 2009
• Generation of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea-induced mouse mutants with deviations in plasma enzyme activities as novel organ-specific disease models. 14 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Heredity'

Definition: The transmission of traits encoded in GENES from parent to offspring.

Descriptor UI: D040941

Alternative terms: Heredity;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: G05.355.380;

History Note: 2003; use GENETICS (1974-2002)

Technical Notes: do not confuse with INHERITANCE see WILLS