In this lesson, students will learn about how traits are passed on from both parents to create the genetic variations we see in the world around us. Through the use of Punnett squares, students will ...

Laws of Heredity* is an educational film that demonstrates how inheritance operates in statistically predictable ways, presenting the foundational insights first achieved by Gregor Mendel.

In the journal Science Education, Michelle Williams suggests genetics and heredity lessons should be taught with broader context and in a visually stimulating manner via computer technologies.

Our concept of heredity is based on the idea that we inherit certain genes and traits from our parents and ancestors. But as science writer Carl Zimmer points out in his new book, it's not that ...

Heredity is the official journal of the Genetics ... there should be a take-home message that focuses on broad general lessons that can be extended beyond single organisms. The journal ...

These fears arise, in part, because just 100 years ago, that’s exactly what a powerful movement—the eugenics movement—tried to do. So, what are the lessons for today?

In She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, Zimmer uses famous moments in history — and Greek mythology — to explain genetics and how researchers have come to understand heredity and try to manipulate it.

That political crisis jump-started the study of human heredity. Using archival records, science historian Theodore M. Porter describes how the king’s deteriorating condition invigorated research ...