Autism may be Detected by Sperm Epigenetics
Autism may be Detected by Sperm Epigenetics by Karishma Abhishek on January 14, 2021 at 12:14 PM Biomarkers in human sperm can indicate if a father can inherit autism spectrum disorder to his children. The biomarkers are found to be epigenetic - molecular changes in factors regulating genome activity, such as gene expression independent of DNA sequence. It can be passed down to future generations, as per a study published in the journal Clinical Epigenetics. This particular set of genomic features were known as DNA methylation regions - a chemical modification that ha...
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