Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers in France observed that maternal inheritance of familial hypercholesterolemia was associated with ...

Mass General Brigham researchers analyzed 4,400 cognitively unimpaired adults with amyloid imaging, finding increased amyloid in those who reported that their mothers had symptoms of Alzheimer’s ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is highly heritable, and previous research suggests a preferential maternal inheritance of AD. New data confirm this hypothesis but also highlight the importance of ...

University of Nevada, Reno researchers Jeanne and David Zeh of the Department of Biology have received a five-year, $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the effects of ...

Thomas G. McWilliams is at the Research Programs Unit, Stem Cells and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00290, Finland. Luo and colleagues identified three families ...

Maternal genetics extend far beyond mere aesthetics like eye color; they deeply influence our vitality, cognitive abilities, and resilience under pres ...

An epigenetic study at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences shows that in mouse egg cells, modifications to histone H2A at lysine 119 lay the groundwork for inherited DNA functional ...

Maternal metabolism can program the metabolism of offspring. In particular, maternal obesity and/or diabetes during pregnancy results in offspring with an increased risk of metabolic dysfunction in ...

Scientists have argued whether or not the often-studied mitochondrial DNA molecule is clonally inherited. It is with assuming clonal inheritance this type of DNA has been used to track the origin of ...

1. A chlorophyll variegation is described which is inherited through the female parent only. A variegated plant gives pale green, variegated, and green progeny in varying proportions, irrespective of ...