In most plants and animals, including humans, mitochondria are inherited exclusively, or nearly exclusively, from the mother.

Called “Lamarckian Inheritance,” the theory suggests that those experiences can even be passed down to future generations.

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

In a groundbreaking UK first, eight healthy babies have been born using an IVF technique that includes DNA from three people—two parents and a female donor. The process, known as pronuclear transfer, ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

A big meditation on the meaning of ancestry and family. We'll talk to the author of the celebrated new book "Inheritance." 'Inheritance': When DNA Genealogy Shakes Our Identity, Foundation To The Core ...