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Major contribution of dominant inheritance to autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in population-based families.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2009
Nishiyama Takeshi, Notohara Morihiro, Sumi Satoshi, Takami Satoshi, Kishino Hirohisa
Abstract excerpt
Results of twin studies have shown that autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are attributable to complex multigenic interactions rather than to a single susceptibility gene. However, the growing number of distinct, individually rare genetic causes of ASDs, mostly copy number variations (CNVs), favors an alternative to the polygenic hypothesis, the two-component model, which suggests that ASDs are caused either by de...
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