In “What We Inherit,” Sam Trejo and Daphne O. Martschenko examine the link between genetic myths and social genomics.

Think traits like eye color or tongue-rolling are simple genetics? Think again. Think traits like eye color or tongue-rolling are simple genetics? Think again. From Mendel’s peas to modern DNA science ...

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through textbooks—and one that is increasingly reaching its ...

You have probably noticed the trend of newspaper articles describing the genetic basis of some particular trait. "Now we know the genetic basis of (altruism)(risk-seeking)(happiness)(religiousity)!" ...