According to textbooks, carriers of such recessive genes should not experience any disadvantage. However, we found that, as a group, they do have more medical diagnoses, and slightly fewer offspring.

If you have red hair and blue eyes, then this day is particularly special for you. The odds of having this lucky combo are approximately 0.17 percent.

'Fluffy' Pit Bull With Long Hair Due to Rare Recessive Gene Stuns Internet Published Aug 06, 2022 at 8:00 AM EDT Updated Sep 23, 2022 at 8:46 AM EDT By Alice Gibbs ...

For patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), a one-time surgical application of prademagene zamikeracel, an autologous COL7A1 gene-modified cellular sheet that is sutured ...

Dr. Marini estimated that the recessive form of OI caused by a mutation in the gene for P3H1 might occur in 4 percent to 6 percent of lethal cases—about twice as frequently as the CRTAP defect.

ST. PAUL, MN -- An unusually high incidence of Alzheimer's disease in an Arab community provides the first evidence that a recessive gene is involved in the disease, according to a study published ...

Association of genetic burden for recessive disease with childlessness. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02204-7 ...