The Y chromosome is inherited only through the paternal line. Sons receive their Y chromosome exclusively from their father.

In an era marked by global uncertainty and rising antisemitism, the instinct to retreat into hyper-vigilance is strong.

Rebecca Rosenberg has 10+ years of experience as a writer and content strategist. She has written dozens of articles on retirement, financial planning, business, tech, and more. Rebecca has a master’s ...

Butterflies closer to the equator have been shown to evolve shared wing patterns faster than their relatives at higher latitudes. That gradient reframes tropical diversity as an active process, shaped ...

In the early 1990s, Keith Willmott and a friend, both undergraduate students from the United Kingdom, arrived in Ecuador with ...

Create a lasting legacy that protects your children. Discover which assets and decisions you may want to avoid leaving behind ...

A Once-in-History Shift Is Already Underway: The largest intergenerational wealth transfer in modern history — an estimated $124 trillion globally — is often framed around numbers: how much capital ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) follows an X-linked inheritance pattern. The condition most often affects males, while females may be carriers of the genetic change that causes it. If you have DMD, ...

A lesser-known inheritance tax loophole is allowing families to save significantly on their IHT bills – and financial advisers say they are using it with more clients than ever since chancellor Rachel ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers developed a novel approach to infer parent-of-origin (PofO) of alleles without parental genomes. Genome-wide ...

Farmers and business owners are being urged to check their wills after the government released more details of new rules that will see them liable for inheritance tax from next year. Elsa Littlewood, ...

Benjamin Franklin referred to death and taxes as "the only certainties in life." And the inheritance tax touches on both. It's a levy on money, property or other assets a person leaves to others after ...