Older parents pass down more genetic mutations
Parents pass on more new genetic mutations to their children with age, and fathers pass on more than mothers, according to a study...
Dr Rosie Morley is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is currently working as a a medical writer in the UK, having previously been a science writer at the Institute of Molecular Biology in Mainz, Germany. Prior to that, she worked briefly as a medical writer for Pharmagenesis London. Previously, she obtained her PhD in pattern formation during vertebrate development from University College London, after working in the laboratory of Dr David Wilkinson, at the Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research (now subsumed into The Francis Crick Institute). Previously she studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and worked as a research assistant in the laboratory of Dr Fiona Wardle, at King's College London's John Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics.a medical writer
Parents pass on more new genetic mutations to their children with age, and fathers pass on more than mothers, according to a study...
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