Pain that occurs with a fever, nausea, and vomiting or loss of appetite may be a sign of inflammation or infection of the gallbladder (acute cholecystitis). Symptoms that may mean that a gallstone is blocking the common bile duct include: 1  Yellowing of the skin and the white part of the eyes (jaundice).  Dark urine.
Mendel concluded that biological inheritance is determined by factors that are passed from one generation to the next. Mendel also concluded that the principle of dominance states that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive.
The Role of Genes and Inheritance During pregnancy, you may wonder about genes, how inheritance works, how gender is determined, and genetic disorders. Learn about the role of family genetics in your baby's traits and characteristics. Genes are located on rodlike structures called chromosomes that are found in the nucleus of every cell in the body. Each gene occupies a specific position on a chromosome. Because genes provide instructions for making proteins, and proteins determine the structure and function of each cell in the body, it follows that genes are responsible for all the characteristics you inherit.