News tagged with maternal inheritance
Neurological disorder in golden retriever dogs caused by a mutation in mitochondrial DNA
May 29, 2009 |
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Sensory ataxic neuropathy (SAN) is a recently identified neurological disorder in Golden Retriever dogs with onset during puppyhood. Affected dogs move in an uncoordinated manner and have sensory deficits. Researchers from ...
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100 reasons to change the way we think about genetics
May 18, 2009 |
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For years, genes have been considered the one and only way biological traits could be passed down through generations of organisms. Not anymore.
Can happiness be inherited?
May 14, 2009 |
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A new article published in Elsevier's journal Bioscience Hypotheses suggests that our feelings in our lifetime can affect our children.
'Technology' plays large role in wealth inheritance
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Oct 30, 2009 |
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A new study reveals the important role inherited wealth plays in sustaining economic inequality in small scale societies. A team of 26 anthropologists, statisticians, and economists based at the Santa Fe Institute in New ...
The importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. According to the "Grandmother Hypothesis," post-menopausal women can increase their ...
Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy, early childhood more likely to smoke as adults
May 19, 2009 |
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Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy and their early childhood years may be predisposed to take up smoking as teens and young adults, compounding the physical damage they sustained from the smoke exposure.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity problems associated with low folate levels in pregnant women
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 28, 2009 |
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It has long been suggested that healthy folate (the natural form of folic acid) levels in expectant mothers goes hand in hand with healthy nervous system development in their children. A study published in an upcoming issue ...
Researchers find childhood cancer risk rises with mother's age
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Research from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota indicates that a baby born to an older mother may have a slightly increased risk for many of the cancers that occur during childhood.
Increasing age of mothers in Spain leads to rise in mortality rates
Jul 01, 2009 |
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A new study examining the evolution of maternal mortality rates in Spain since 1996 shows a 17% increase in deaths. This trend is linked to the widespread increase in maternal age. The highest death rates ...
Here's One Inheritance You Don't Want
Aug 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If your mother smoked during her pregnancy, you are more likely to be addicted to nicotine as a young adult.
Does mom know when enough is enough?
May 11, 2009 |
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As the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States continues, researchers are examining whether early parent and child behaviors contribute to the problem. A study from the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers ...
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