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The aims of this paper were to review the most common causative genes and rare genes in patients with 46, XY DSDs, analyze global molecular diagnostic cohorts for the prevalence and geographic distribution of causative genes, and identify the factors affecting cohort detection results. Although the spectrum of genetic variants varies across regions and the severity of the clinical phenotype varies across patients, next-generation sequencing (NGS), the most commonly used detection method, can still reveal genetic variants and aid in diagnosis. A comparison of the detection rates of various sequencing modalities revealed that whole-exome sequencing (WES) facilitates a greater rate of molecular diagnosis of the disease than panel sequencing. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS), third-generation sequencing, and algorithm advancements will contribute to the improvement of detection efficiency. The most commonly mutated genes associated with androgen synthesis and action are\n                    <jats:italic>AR<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>SR5A2<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>HSD17B3<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and the most commonly mutated genes involved in gonadal formation are\n                    <jats:italic>NR5A1<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>MAP3K1.<\/jats:italic>\n                    Detection results are affected by differences in enrollment criteria and sequencing technologies.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fgene.2024.1387598","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,11]],"date-time":"2024-06-11T12:34:48Z","timestamp":1718109288000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Worldwide cohort study of 46, XY differences\/disorders of sex development genetic diagnoses: geographic and ethnic differences in variants"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Chen","family":"Jiali","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peng","family":"Huifang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiang","family":"Yuqing","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zeng","family":"Xiantao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiang","family":"Hongwei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"120","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1464-410x.2000.00354.x","article-title":"The role of a clinical score in the assessment of ambiguous genitalia","volume":"85","author":"Ahmed","year":"2000","journal-title":"BJU Int."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"35","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1399-0004.2012.01879.x","article-title":"Targeted massively parallel sequencing provides comprehensive genetic diagnosis for patients with disorders of sex development","volume":"83","author":"Arboleda","year":"2013","journal-title":"Clin. 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