Parent-of-origin effects in autism identified through genome-wide linkage analysis of 16,000 SNPs.

Autism is a common heritable neurodevelopmental disorder with complex etiology. Several genome-wide linkage and association scans have been carried out to identify regions harboring genes related to autism or autism spectrum disorders, with mixed results. Given the overlap in autism features with ge...

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Main Authors: Delphine Fradin, Keely Cheslack-Postava, Christine Ladd-Acosta, Craig Newschaffer, Aravinda Chakravarti, Dan E Arking, Andrew Feinberg, M Daniele Fallin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2932694?pdf=render