The chromosome theory of heredity, developed in 1902–1904, became one of the foundation stones of twentieth-century genetics ... Boveri chose two species that showed morphological differences ...

Heredity is the official journal of the Genetics Society Profits generated from the journal go back to the research community in terms of small grants and support for conferences and workshops.

Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through ... Mendel showed that when two varieties of purebred plants cross-breed, the offspring resembled one or other of the parents ...