Link to autism in boys found in missing DNA

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 21:14 in Biology & Nature

New research provides further clues as to why Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects four times more males than females. Scientists discovered that males who carry specific alterations of DNA on the sole X-chromosome they carry are at high risk of developing ASD.

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