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Maternal Modifiers and Parent-of-Origin Bias of the Autism-Associated 16p11.2 CNV.
American journal of human genetics - 7 Jan 2016
Duyzend Michael H, Nuttle Xander, Coe Bradley P, Baker Carl, Nickerson Deborah A, Bernier Raphael, Eichler Evan E
Abstract excerpt
Recurrent deletions and duplications at chromosomal region 16p11.2 are a major genetic contributor to autism but also associate with a wider range of pediatric diagnoses, including intellectual disability, coordination disorder, and language disorder. In order to investigate the potential genetic basis for phenotype variability, we assessed the parent of origin of the 16p11.2 copy-number variant (CNV) and the...
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