January 26, 2015
THE DISEASIFICATION OF BEHAVIOR:
Autism genomes add to disorder's mystery (GEOFFREY MOHAN, 1/26/15, LA Times)
Less than a third of siblings with autism shared the same DNA mutations in genes associated with the disorder, according to a new study that is the largest whole-genome sequencing for autism to date.Canadian researchers sequenced whole genomes from 170 siblings with autism spectrum disorder and both their parents. They found that these sibling pairs shared the same autism-relevant gene variations only about 31% of the time, according to the study published online Monday in the journal Nature Medicine.More than a third of the mutations believed to be relevant to autism arose in a seemingly random way, the study also found.
Posted by Orrin Judd at January 26, 2015 5:58 PM
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