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Heritability of quantitative autism spectrum traits in adults: A family-based study.
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research - 1 Aug 2021
Taylor Sara C, Steeman Samantha, Gehringer Brielle N, Dow Holly C, Langer Allison, Rawot Eric, Perez Leat, Goodman Matthew, Smernoff Zoe, Grewal Mahip, Eshraghi Oceania, Pallathra Ashley A, Oksas Catherine, Mendez Melissa, Gur Ruben C, Rader Daniel J, Bucan Maja, Almasy Laura, Brodkin Edward S
Abstract excerpt
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) comprises a multi-dimensional set of quantitative behavioral traits expressed along a continuum in autistic and neurotypical individuals. ASD diagnosis-a dichotomous trait-is known to be highly heritable and has been used as the phenotype for most ASD genetic studies. But less is known about the heritability of autism spectrum quantitative traits, especially in adults, an important...
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