This year’s stories highlight the expanding versatility of genetic techniques and the increasing utility of such research in all life science fields. Our Favorite Genetics Stories of 2022 Our Favorite ...

It has long been known that environmental conditions can shape how traits are inherited, a phenomenon known as transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. However, the molecular signals responsible for ...

Grand-offspring of male frogs exposed to the pesticide linuron exhibited changes in their DNA that were linked to significant physiological impacts, a study from Stockholm University reveals. The ...

New research in C. elegans from scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) helps explain how changes in the parents’ lysosomes that promote longevity are transferred to their offspring.

Typically, the information encoded in DNA allows organisms to develop, function, and pass traits across generations. Yet DNA ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 5, 2026) With increasing research covered by Daily News showing pesticides linked to epigenetic effects (alter gene expression), the mechanism has far-reaching implications ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — A single exposure to a toxic fungicide during pregnancy can increase the risk of disease for 20 subsequent generations — with inherited health problems worsening many generations ...

Do we inherit the effects of trauma physically from past generations? Do parents' experiences of war, ethnic persecution, cultural oppression, state or domestic abuse have lasting effects, manifested ...

A single exposure to a toxic fungicide during pregnancy can increase the risk of disease for 20 subsequent generations – with inherited health problems worsening many generations after exposure. Those ...