Genome variation and complexity in the autism spectrum.
A large international consortium reports in Nature on the diversity of genomic changes in families with autism spectrum disorders. Inherited and de novo mutations affecting many genes were discovered implicating disruption to postsynaptic and cellular signaling processes.
van de Lagemaat
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Genes to Cognition Programme, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Seth G N
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