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Methylation of two Homo sapiens-specific X-Y homologous genes in Klinefelter's syndrome (XXY).
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Jul 2006
Ross Norman L J, Wadekar Rekha, Lopes Alexandra, Dagnall Adam, Close James, Delisi Lynn E, Crow Timothy J
Abstract excerpt
An increased incidence of psychiatric and structural brain abnormalities in individuals with Klinefelter syndrome (KS, 47 XXY) could be due to the presence of extra copies of X-Y homologous genes that escape X inactivation. Of particular interest are the two brain-expressed genes Protocadherin11XY (PCDH11XY) and the Synaptobrevin-like gene (SYBL1) which have been duplicated from the X chromosome to the Y...
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