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Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Apr 2018
St Pourcain Beate, Eaves Lindon J, Ring Susan M, Fisher Simon E, Medland Sarah, Evans David M, Davey Smith George
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BACKGROUND: Recent analyses of trait-disorder overlap suggest that psychiatric dimensions may relate to distinct sets of genes that exert maximum influence during different periods of development. This includes analyses of social communication difficulties that share, depending on their developmental stage, stronger genetic links with either autism spectrum disorder or schizophrenia. We developed a multivariate...
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