A study by Pravenec, et al has shown that there can be a variation in mitochondrial genes which codes for metabolic changes resulting in Diabetes 2. Virtually always, you receive your mitochondria only from you mother. Thus, if your mother has the mitochondrial gene for Diabetes 2, you will inherit the tendency to have it. This means that in at least some cases, you may inherit the tendency to develop Diabetes 2 from your mother – not your father.
Please note that this new information does not indicate that there are no nuclear genes that code for Diabetes 2, but that there is a separate genetic component for inheriting this, and other disorders.
This article was released on August 10, 2007 by the online journal, Genome Research (www.genome.org), a division of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
A fuller summary of this study can be found at <http://www.Eurekalert.org - Scientists show that mitochondrial DNA variants are linked to risk factors for type 2 diabetes>.
My thought on this matter; I need to follow my doctor’s advice: increase my exercise and keep my weight under control. Not the easiest advice to follow, is it? But it decreases the likelihood of getting Diabetes 2 as well as other degenerative diseases such as osteoarthritis and Alzheimer’s.
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