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Global Increases in Both Common and Rare Copy Number Load Associated with Autism
Published March 27, 2013
in Human Molecular Genetics
Penn State researchers link autism to increased genetic change in “hotspots”, regions of the genome that are highly susceptible to mutation.
http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/03/26/hmg.ddt136.abstract
Filed under: Autism Research, Autism Science, Copy Number Variations, featured, Genetics, Genomics, Mutations