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Genome-wide study of autism published in Nature

Combining family- and population-based approaches sheds new light on the potential roles of both common and rare forms of human genetic variation

07/Oct/2009

In one of the first studies of its kind, an international team of researchers has uncovered a single-letter change in the genetic code that is associated with autism.

 Link to full Broad Institute release on study led by MGH investigator Mark Daly, PhD.