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What Causes Autism: Chromosomal Mutation or Nondisjunction?

According to a study, X chromosome is theorized to lead to the genetic disorder defined as severe autism. Opposed to the usual cases of autism, syndromic forms of the disorder are brought about by mutations in single chromosomal regions. Some of these genes are on the X chromosome like MecP2. Mutations in two different X chromosome genes, NLGN3 and NLGN4X, are linked with autism. These mutations occurring in genes could shed light on the growing rate of autism in male children.

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