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Systematic phenomics analysis of autism-associated genes reveals parallel networks underlying reversible impairments in habituation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Jan 2020
McDiarmid Troy A, Belmadani Manuel, Liang Joseph, Meili Fabian, Mathews Eleanor A, Mullen Gregory P, Hendi Ardalan, Wong Wan-Rong, Rand James B, Mizumoto Kota, Haas Kurt, Pavlidis Paul, Rankin Catharine H
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A major challenge facing the genetics of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) is the large and growing number of candidate risk genes and gene variants of unknown functional significance. Here, we used Caenorhabditis elegans to systematically functionally characterize ASD-associated genes in vivo. Using our custom machine vision system, we quantified 26 phenotypes spanning morphology, locomotion, tactile sensitivity,...
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