Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Link Between Autism Risk, Older Fathers And Spontaneous Gene Glitches

Autism News From Medical News Today
Researchers have turned up a new clue to the workings of a possible environmental factor in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs): fathers were four times more likely than mothers to transmit tiny, spontaneous mutations to their children with the disorders. Moreover, the number of such transmitted genetic glitches increased with paternal age...
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