If males get an X with a version of a gene that causes a disease from their mom, they donât have a chance to get a working gene from their dad. It takes just one bad gene on their single X chromosome to cause problems for male dogs (and people). They will get whatever disease mom passes to them.f males get an X with a version of a gene that causes a disease from their mom, they donât have a chance to get a working gene from their dad. It takes just one bad gene on their single X chromosome to cause problems for male dogs (and people). They will get whatever disease mom passes to them.
Folate is the natural source of vitamin B9 found in a variety of foods, most often, in leafy green vegetables, dried beans, and peas. When it is used as an additive in foods, generally in bread, grains or breakfast cereal, or when it is taken as a supplement, it is called folic acid.
1 Folacin, folic acid, and folate all refer to the same B vitamin, which occurs in foods in all three forms. 2  The term folate covers all three, and the term folate activity describes the actual biological potency, or vitamin value, of a food. 3  Folic acid is the simplest form of the vitamin.s such, folate is vital to growth, which is why it's especially important for pregnant women. In this article you'll see how folate helps the body build cells and hear about some of the devastating diseases that can happen to a fetus without enough folate. Here's a quick preview: