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Advances in autism genetics: on the threshold of a new neurobiology

Nature Reviews Genetics · 2008 · Vol. 9(5) · pp. 341–355

Brett S. Abrahams✉(Getty Research Institute)Daniel H. Geschwind(University of California, Los Angeles)

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Congenital heart defects researchAutismBiologyCopy-number variationHeritability of autismPhenotypeGeneticsGenetic heterogeneityDiseaseGeneIdentification (biology)

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AnimalsAutistic DisorderGene Expression RegulationHumansPhenotypeGene DosageGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisGene Expression ProfilingSystems Biology

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