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Broad Institute Symposium on the Emerging Genetics and Neurobiology of Severe Mental Illness 2013
Broad 2013
Iceland study characterizes autism-linked genetic regions
Duplications and deletions of large chromosomal regions are associated with intellectual disability, cognitive deficits and a low likelihood of having children, according to a population-wide study in Iceland. The results were presented Monday at a conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Broad 2013
In autism, intellectual disability ramps up new mutations
Spontaneous mutations are elevated in people with autism, but only in those who also have intellectual disability, according to unpublished data presented yesterday at a conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts.