De novo gene disruptions in children on the autistic spectrum

Original research article by E.M. Iossifov et al. (2012).

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In this study, 343 families from the Simons Foundation’s Simons Simplex Collection, who have at least one child with a diagnosis of autism, were tested with whole-exome sequencing. The study identified 350-400 new “candidate” genes, including DST, that may be related to features of autism. A change that is predicted to cause the gene to not work correctly was found in one person, who had not inherited it from either parent (de novo).

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