A well discussed myth. Balding alelle's come from both parents.
Hope, this helps.
Hope THIS helps.
Balding have long been accepted as a hereditary condition.
Researchers from Bonn University Clinic and others have found out the variety of gene that is responsible for this condition.
Scientists have narrowed down this genetic variance to the gene for androgen receptor. One particular variety of this gene had been found more often in men who lose hair at a very early stage in life than in men who still sport a head full of hair at sixty.
The gene for androgen receptor lies in the inherited X chromosomes of the men, and the X chromosomes always comes from the mothers. The androgen receptor gene then may raise the androgen level of the person by forming more androgen receptors or by nature being a particular kind that is of more stable variety and does not break down easily. It is the heightened levels of androgen that causes the premature hair loss.
Chalk it up to genetics, says European researchers.
They include Markus Nöthen, a genomics professor at Germany's University of Bonn. Nöthen and colleagues say they've found a gene variation that may explain some cases of male pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia), the most common form of hair loss, which is related to the male sex hormones.
The suspect gene variation sits on the X chromosome, which is handed down to men by their mother. So a man may get an idea of his scalp's future from men on his mother's side of the family.
