Animal studies have also found that a stress to a parent, such as exposing a pregnant mouse to toxic chemicals or mildly shocking a mouse father to make it fear an odor, can result in effects such as infertility or changes in behavior that persist for two generations or more yet can't be
explained by genetic mutations.
Not exact matches
The authors searched for
genetic mutations that might
explain the disproportionately high risk of SUDEP in people with poorly controlled focal epilepsy, which,
by definition stems from a specific area of the brain.
New research
by Rockefeller University scientists, published March 26 in Science, helps
explain why: a rare
genetic mutation.
Autism has a strong
genetic basis, although the genetics of autism are complex and it is unclear whether ASD is
explained more
by rare
mutations, or
by rare combinations of common
genetic variants.
We have been searching for a mechanism that can
explain the
genetic cause of majority of BWS and that can provide better understanding of intragenic
mutation of p57KIP2 and disruption of KvLQT1 gene
by balanced germline chromosomal rearrangements.