The basic physical and functional unit of heredity is the genes It is a specific sequence of sources that programs instructions on how to produce proteins...

The Tobiano (pronounced: tow be yah' no) The Tobiano coat pattern is governed by a dominant gene, meaning that there only needs to be one copy of the gene for the tobiano coat pattern to be present...

This brain development disorder is mainly characterized by acute social communication and interaction, commonly among children of a very young age...

They taste delicious, sinfully good but once they’re past our taste buds, the fatty, sugary foods so many of us love do nothing for the rest of our body...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis affecting approximately 2...

When you receive the Seal, you are "imprinted" by God Scientists have recently found that certain genes inherited from parents are silenced by what is called "imprinting" of the genes...

As we have previously discussed, horses have two basic color genes, black (B) and red (b) Bay horses happen because a special modifier gene called the agouti gene makes the black coat color fade into brown, leaving the points black...

If you read the first part of this article you will now be familiar with the basics of color genetics in horses...

Whether it is your first time breeding, or you have had many foals at your farm one of the most exciting things is not knowing exactly what you will get when the baby arrives...

For many years, doctors have been working hard to determine what causes Alzheimer’s disease Due to the complex nature of the disease, the exact causes are not yet fully understood...

Gene would not be the poster child for a pop star The truth is the closest thing to pop music he ever listened to was a country station back in Wyoming...

There are many questions that are asked everyday that no one knows the answer to Some of these questions are more like riddles, for example, why do convenient stores that are open twenty four hours a day have bars on the windows and doors...

General Description The Doberman Pinscher is an elegant, powerful and muscular dog The elegant of these doge start from the well proportioned chest, to the short back and a lean, muscular neck...

It is very common that congestive heart failure follows another severe type of heart injury Until lately scientists and doctors had no way to recognize those at risk...

Autism understanding begins when a person realizes that autism is a disorder that affects people differently...

A&E is the place to watch the latest version of the family reality show genre started by the Osbournes on MTV...

1977: The Age of biotechnology arrives with “somatostatin” - a human growth hormone-releasing inhibitory factor, the first human protein manufactured in bacteria by Genentech, Inc...

In a very primitive way we are on the road to Immortality Within the nucleus of nearly every one of the 100 trillion cells that make up our body is a Computer Program of enormous complexity...

According to the new book The DaVinci Method, the symptoms of Adult ADD are really the symptoms of abundant energy and creativity...

Researchers recently discovered a hormone that may extend your life Thus far this hormone has only extended the life of several mice, however it may help scientists develop new drugs that can expand our lives as well...