New genetic candidates help explain why autism affects males more often than females

Researchers astatine Baylor College of Medicine, the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) astatine Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions person identified caller familial candidates that assistance explicate wherefore autism is diagnosed astir 4 times much often successful boys than successful girls. The study, published successful the American Journal of Human Genetics, reveals that tiny changes successful the cistron MECP2 connected the X chromosome mightiness assistance explicate portion of this difference.