Agricultural genetics is the applied study of the effects of genetic variation and selection used to propagate valuable heritable trait combinations in crop plants and farm animals. The discipline ...

Genetic testing involves the detection of specific alleles, mutations, genotypes or karyotypes that are associated with heritable traits, diseases or predispositions to disease for the individual ...

The genetic aspect cannot be overlooked. ADHD and anxiety disorders are heritable traits and may have gone undiagnosed in previous generations. A 2023 study published in the Journal of Affective ...

σ 2: phenotypic variance: the measured variance in the trait of interest. h 2: heritability: the proportion of phenotypic variance in a trait attributable to additive genetic effects. b: phenotypic ...

While rates of smoking combustible cigarettes in the United States have trended down in recent years, use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has dramatically increased, especially among ...

Gene silencing is a negative feedback mechanism that regulates gene expression to define cell fate and also regulates metabolism and gene expression throughout the life of an organism. In plants, gene ...

Some traits that might come to mind are those ... and hyperactivity had an average heritability of 74%. A large 2023 analysis of specific genetic markers involved in the risk of having ADHD ...

Here we summarise relevant studies, drawing attention to exposure sensitive periods in early life and sex differences ... does play an important role in shaping the phenotype/traits of progeny. This ...

The MSci Zoology with Professional studies enables students to develop knowledge and understanding of: Concepts and theories from the molecular and cellular levels through to the whole-organism. The ...

A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which could trigger autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis.