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Autism diagnoses are three times more common in boys than girls, and it may come down to the Y chromosome. SeventyFour/Getty To test this, the team analyzed a cohort of individuals with an ...

New Delhi: An abnormality in one's sex chromosome in the form of an extra Y chromosome has been related with a doubled risk of having autism, according to a study that offered a "new explanation ...

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The participants in this study were recruited from the Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research (SPARK) study and the MyCode Community Health Initiative, both based in the United States.

Having an extra X chromosome did not affect autism risk, they said. The team analysed genetic and autism diagnosis data on 1,77,416 patients, of which 350 had abnormal sex chromosomes.

Summary: New research suggests that the Y chromosome may be responsible for the higher prevalence of autism in males, shifting focus away from protective factors on the X chromosome. Analyzing genetic ...