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New Gene Variants Linked to Autism
Published May 28, 2013
in Nature
A new study using families from the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) finds that individuals with autism are 20% more likely to have copy-number variations of specific genes.
http://www.nature.com/tp/journal/v3/n5/full/tp201338a.html
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