Genetic variants and autism

Individual common variants exert weak effects on the risk for autism spectrum disorders. Human Molecular Gentics. July 2012.

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Behavioural phenotypes may vary geographically

Visual analysis of geocoded twin data puts nature and nurture on the map. Molecular Psychiatry. June 2012.

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Carnitine biosynthesis and autism

A common X-linked inborn error of carnitine biosynthesis may be a risk factor for nondysmorphic autism. PNAS. May 2012

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Autism and epigenetics

A macroepigenetic approach to identify factors responsible for the autism epidemic in the United States. Clinical Epigenetics. April 2012.

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Ancestry, chronic disease and omega-6 fatty acids

The impact of FADS genetic variants on ω6 polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in African Americans. BMC Genetics. July 2011.
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Environment as important as genes in autism?

Genetic heritability and shared environmental factors among twin pairs with autism. Archives of General Psychiatry. July 2011.
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Genes and mutations

Variation in genome-wide mutation rates within and between human families. Nature Genetics. June 2011.
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Genotype by environmental interaction in breast cancer

Genetic variants in the MRPS30 region and postmenopausal breast cancer risk. Genome Medicine. June 2011.
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