Photo: Researchers from the University of Washington analysed the DNA of children with autism and both of their parents Photo: ALAMYNew Genetic Link To Autism -- The Telegraph
Autistsm could develop in children with no family history of the condition due to genetic mutations which develop in older father's sperm cells, a new study shows.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is known to be strongly influenced by genetics because it often runs in families, but which genes are at fault and how strong a role they play remains unclear.
Now three studies of autistic children who had no family history of the condition suggest it could in some cases be caused by gene mutations which are not shared by either parent and occur for the first time in sperm or egg cells as they develop.
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