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Spontaneous motor-behavior abnormalities in two Drosophila models of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Mar 2021
Andrew David R, Moe Mariah E, Chen Dailu, Tello Judith A, Doser Rachel L, Conner William E, Ghuman Jaswinder K, Restifo Linda L
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in hundreds of genes cause neurodevelopmental disorders with abnormal motor behavior alongside cognitive deficits. Boys with fragile X syndrome (FXS), a leading monogenic cause of intellectual disability, often display repetitive behaviors, a core feature of autism. By direct observation and manual analysis, we characterized spontaneous-motor-behavior phenotypes of Drosophila dfmr1 mutants, an...
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