Inheritance is typically associated with the Mendelian transmission of information from parents to offspring by alleles (DNA sequence). However, empirical data clearly suggest that traits can be ...

Ueli Grossniklaus. To give a short answer first: I do not think we know how widespread transgenerational epigenetic inheritance is in any organism. Given this uncertainty, it is surprising how much ...

The number one reason most people want to leave an inheritance is to provide for family members, and it's the most common way money is distributed after death. In some cases, an inheritance can be the ...