Non-inherited mutations spotlight role of environment – NIH-supported study, consortium
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. 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 mutationsto their children with the disorders. Moreover, the number of such transmitted genetic glitches increased with paternal age. The discovery may help to explain earlier evidence linking…
