Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities: News and Research on Turner Syndrome

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Mom's X chromosome could speed up brain aging, study suggests

Women are born with two X chromosomes and inherit one from each parent. But in every cell of their body, just one X chromosome is needed—so the other is randomly inactivated. Some cells use only a maternal X chromosome; ...

Increased autism risk linked to Y chromosome, study finds

Increased risk for autism appears to be linked to the Y chromosome, a Geisinger Health System study has found, offering a new explanation for the greater prevalence of autism in males. The results are published in Nature ...