In the nineteenth century, biologist Gregor Mendel established patterns of heredity in sexually reproducing organisms on the basis of equal genetic contributions from both parents. It is now known, however, that there are exceptions to Mendel's laws,...

Cytoplasmic inheritance is a property of genes present outside the nucleus and located in the mitochondria of animals, plants, and fungi, and in the chloroplasts of plant cells. Cytoplasmic inheritance is a non-Mendelian type of inheritance and is...

Biological inheritance is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to characteristics of its parent cell or organism. Through inheritance, variations exhibited by individuals can accumulate and cause a species...

TRACKING SHOTS THE INHERITANCE Directed by Per Fly Cinema Guild, opens julyc, Cinema Village Inherited wealth often comes with a high price-the abnegation of individuals before thedutiesand demands of family. The inheritance, a stately Danish film that unfolds with a...

(A PARTILHA) (BRAZIL) A Columbia TriStar Pictures Intl. release (in Brazil) of a Lereby Prods., Globo Films presentation. (International sales: Grupo Novo De Cinema E TV, Rio De Janeiro.) Produced by Valeria Amorim. Executive producer, Caique Martins Ferreira. Directed by...