Results of research conducted at Emery University School of Medicine which identified five gene mutations on the X chromosome that appear to be linked to autism susceptibility where recently published in Human Molecular Genetics. The results seem to support the emerging consensus that susceptibility to the development of autism spectrum disorders may be caused in large part by a multitude of different gene mutations instead of a more discrete number of more easily identifiable genetic contributors. The greater prevalence of autism in boys than in girls has led researchers to anticipate that individual genetic triggers will likely be found on the X chromosome or the Y chromosome because boys posses only one of each while girls posses two X chromosomes and no Y chromosome. Read more at medicalxpress.com here:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-mutations-autism-susceptibility-gene-boys.html
Read the journal article in Human Molecular Genetics at hmg.oxfordjournals.org here:
http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/07/10/hmg.dds267
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