El cromosoma X humano es propenso a sufrir cierto tipo de mutación del ADN que aumenta el riesgo de padecer determinados trastornos genéticos, como la hemofilia y la distrofia muscular.

X-chromosome inactivation draws L1 mutagenesis to the human X chromosome Jose de los Rios Barreda https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6069-6847, Maria E. Ferreiro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6077-986X, Natasha Jansz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3319-8493, Charles C. Bell https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2194-8311, Juan M. Botto https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8409-2203, Trung V. Nguyen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1749-8509, Barun Pradhan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6016-4443, Minchun Chen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5049-668X, Ana Colomer-Boronat, [...] , and Geoffrey J. Faulkner https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz8081?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8H_Ks3_DFNUQwoQy9dNzR-vl2m-f9N2oICkD5J9qIcnXg2pw5RJIlKC9bpbG7PKhJUJ8Iz_2jG1EMydqNegqd8KVcI9g&_hsmi=143091809&utm_content=142987692&utm_source=hs_email