Tag: copy number variations

  • Strong evidence: Copy number variations are the most common cause of autism identified so far.
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    The case for copy number variations in autism

    Following a series of papers in the past two years, what seems irrefutable is that copy number variations — in which a particular stretch of DNA is either deleted or duplicated — are important in autism1,2.

    Already, “CNVs are the most common cause of autism that we can identify today,...→

    17 Mar 2008 .:. 1 comment