Map of brain’s DNA loops holds clues to autism genetics
A new chart of DNA’s three-dimensional structure reveals genomic regions that control distant genes during development.
A new chart of DNA’s three-dimensional structure reveals genomic regions that control distant genes during development.
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More than one-third of the spontaneous mutations linked to autism crop up in genomic segments that do not code for genes.
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Most methods used to scan the genome are missing thousands of complex variants that alter DNA structure and may contribute to autism risk.
Collaboration and transparency will be key as scientists sort through thousands of whole genomes of people with autism for genetic clues.
Sequencing the whole genomes of individual mouse neurons reveals that each cell carries roughly 100 unique mutations.
Taking a close look at people who have a mutation in a known autism gene may reveal why these people often have vastly different characteristics.
Children with autism tend to carry variants in stretches of DNA that flank autism genes.
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