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X chromosome gene may reduce autism rates in women and girls
A single gene on the X chromosome may help explain why autism is less common in women and girls. The gene, ZFX , has powerful effects on a set of genes that contribute to the risk of autism, and is expressed more in women than in men.
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A single gene on the X chromosome may help explain why autism is less common in women and girls. The gene, ZFX , has powerful effects on a set of genes that contribute to the risk of autism, and is expressed more in women than in men. “It’s about the fact that ZFX has a relationship with these other autism-associated genes,” says Rebecca Andersen , a neurogeneticist at Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts.
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