"Unexpectedly, while complete loss of ZnT8 accelerated spontaneous T1D, heterozygosity was partially protective."

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The Davidson lab at the University of Colorado show that #heterozygosity for the #Zinc transporter 8 gene was partially protective against #T1D.

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➡️https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212877822002010

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Using patterns of #heterozygosity, we find strong support for a model of #TerminalFusionAutomixis as the mechanism underlying #parthenogenesis, which results in low, but appreciable, amounts of retained #genetic #diversity in #offspring. 4/5