{"id":243,"date":"2025-12-06T12:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T17:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/?p=243"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:41:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:41:51","slug":"genetic-influence-of-fathers-on-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"Genetic Influence of Fathers on Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-27px|||||” custom_padding=”7px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”1px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”9px|35px||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_heading title=”Unexpected Genetic Influence of Father’s in Autism” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||7px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-31px|||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

According to a recent post on Neuroscience news.com<\/a>, researchers have uncovered new evidence suggesting that the genetic origins of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may differ from long-standing beliefs. After analyzing the genomes of more than 6,000 families, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory found that siblings with ASD often share more of their father\u2019s genome than their mother\u2019s. This challenges previous assumptions that maternal genetics played a larger role.<\/p>\n

The study also showed that in families with multiple ASD-diagnosed children, siblings shared more paternal DNA. In families with only one affected child, they shared less. Although the exact mechanism is still unknown, researchers propose that fathers may carry protective mutations that are not passed on or that paternal mutations may influence the mother\u2019s immune response during pregnancy.<\/p>\n

These findings open new possibilities for understanding ASD\u2019s genetic pathways and may lead to earlier diagnosis, improved treatment strategies, and better support for families and professionals working with autistic individuals. (more<\/a>)<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to a recent post on Neuroscience news.com, researchers have uncovered new evidence suggesting that the genetic origins of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may differ from long-standing beliefs. After analyzing the genomes of more than 6,000 families, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory found that siblings with ASD often share more of their father\u2019s genome […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,27,28,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autism","category-genetics","category-neuroscience","category-scientific-studies","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Autism-Fathers-Genetics.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.aspergerworks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}