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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is highly heritable, and the results of a study led by investigators at the Mass General Brigham suggest that a person’s maternal versus paternal family history of memory ...

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 ...

Stone illustration Kidney stone formers with certain hereditary factors had increased risks for more severe disease. A family history of kidney stone disease may predict earlier onset of kidney stones ...

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 ...

1. A pale green striped plant appeared sporadically in a culture of maize free from chlorophyll anormalities. 2. This chlorophyll character is transmitted maternally only. a. Striped plants self or ...