Social insects could offer clues about genetic conflict
... process called "imprinting" in which mothers and fathers label some of their genes before passing them on t...hat favors the developing child -- who carries the fathers genes -- over the health of the mother -- who doesnt share the paternal genes. Maternally derived ge...From arts to neurobiology versatile Duke scientist chosen for NSF Waterman Award
....Ds. in 1995. Despite his parents divorce and his fathers intermittent homelessness, Jarvis claimed from his parents and other family members their best qualities education, creativity, drive, sensitivity and compassion and turned it to his own advantage as he developed into one of the nations most promis......ts highlight a potential risk for children born to fathers carrying Y chromosome microdeletions and treated by ICSI. The risk is the development of sex chromosome aneuploidy (the loss or gain of one or two chromosomes) during foetal and embryonic development. The clinical consequences of transmitting these Y...Breeding programs should incorporate mate choice
...rial epidemic (Pseudomonas fluorescens) when their fathers had larger breeding tubercles (tubercle size ranged from about 50 to 400 microns). Currently, most breeding programs for small populations focus on preserving genetic variation by minimizing inbreeding. Wedekind argues that as a population grows, man...Disease-causing genetic mutations in sperm increase with men's age
... how many children with these diseases are born to fathers of various ages. To obtain the first genetic explanation for these effects, the scientists studied sperm from about 60 men of various ages and looked for two genetic changes responsible for 99 percent of the cases of Apert syndrome. They found that...New findings confirm male fertility declines with age
... past. In the USA, for example, the birth rate for fathers aged between 35 and 54 has risen by nearly a quarter since 1980. Dr. Andrew Wyrobek, head of the Health Effects Genetics Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and another principal researcher on the study, warned: "These findin...Dad's coochy coos leave baby guessing
...iment does show unequivocally that the mothers and fathers talked to children differently. The only way to be sure whether babies can tell the difference would be to "ask" them- for instance, by seeing how they respond to voices as their acoustic parameters are systematically changed. This would be difficult...Tufts University biologists unveil more mysteries of fireflies flash
...es because it indicates they are able to be better fathers by providing more of the essential pre-natal nutrition for their offspring. "Humans have been fascinated by fireflies for centuries, but we're just beginning to decipher the meaning behind their spectacular courtship displays," said Sara Lewis, asso...New study suggests that women eating PCB contaminated fish are less likely to give birth to boys
...boys. The results come from a study of mothers and fathers around the Great Lakes region of the United States who have eaten large quantities of contaminated fish. These findings add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that environmental pollution may be responsible for changes in the proportion of male...Assisted reproduction provides bright future for HIV positive men
...duction can safely help HIV positive men to become fathers without infecting their partners, according to new research from French fertility experts. But, the news is not so good for HIV positive women. Assisted reproduction techniques do not seem to provide the same success for them, the researchers reporte...ICSI and IVF are safe results from worlds largest, longest running study
...arents than were the IVF mothers and the controls: fathers of ICSI children were more committed to parenting than were the controls. Professor Bergh concluded: "The results for cognitive and motor development were very reassuring and the evidence was that IVF/ICSI families are coping well. We could not iden...Estimated 300 children died in the U.S. from shaken baby syndrome last year
...ted the risk of inflicted injuries. Children whose fathers lived at home and whose mothers had more than a high school education faced a lower risk. The research likely underestimates the problem, Keenan said. "We studied only children who had serious enough injuries to present to an intensive care unit," sh...Disease-causing genetic mutations in sperm increase with men's age
...ow many children with these conditions are born to fathers of various ages. For the current study, the Hopki... a health survey. They also analyzed sperm from 15 fathers of children with Apert syndrome....Baboon fathers really do care about their kids
ARLINGTON, Va.-- Baboon fathers may be promiscuous, but, when it comes to their of... of Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya reveals that baboon fathers overwhelming side with their offspring when intervening in disputes. The study, which appears in the...Exercise and healthy weight delay cancer even among women with highest genetic risk
.... "Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 are inherited from fathers as often as from mothers, although fathers are rarely affected with breast cancer. So if a family is small, there may be no warning that a muta...Newborn screening for certain genetic disorders has benefits and some drawbacks
...ere also enrolled. A total of 254 mothers and 153 fathers were interviewed. "Within the first six months of life, 28 percent of children identified by newborn screening compared with 55 percent of clinically identified children required hospitalization," the researchers report. "One child identified by new...High-tech analysis of vineyard soil
...ed to the research of C. Topp, one of the founding fathers of TDR. Sander Huisman, an author of the review says, "After recognizing the dominating role of spatial variability at the field scale, it is now time to deal with it. Clearly, the traditional methods cannot detect these variabilities with sufficient...'Ageing gene' could be passed on via X chromosome
...ors found that telomere length was similar between fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, mothers and daughters, and among siblings, but not among fathers and sons or between spouses. In other words, the inheritance of a parental X chromosome (from mother...UW study: Baby's face lights up emotional center of new mom's brain
...e researchers also plan to image the brains of new fathers as they look through a series of baby photos. Overall, Nitschke says, "This study provides further evidence for the sage saying to stop and enjoy the little pleasant things in life, such as looking at pictures of your child or even receiving small re......named in honor of Robert Koch, one of the founding fathers of immunology. Koch developed microbiological techniques that have been in use for more than 100 years. He was the first person to isolate the cholera vibrio and the anthrax bacillus, and he won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his...