Common Gene Variants Account For Most Genetic Risk For Autism
July 20, 2014
July 20, 2014
WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release:
Most of the genetic risk for autism comes from versions of genes that are common in the population rather than from rare variants or spontaneous glitches, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found. Heritability also outweighed other risk factors in this largest study of its kind to date.
About 52 percent . . .
Most of the genetic risk for autism comes from versions of genes that are common in the population rather than from rare variants or spontaneous glitches, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found. Heritability also outweighed other risk factors in this largest study of its kind to date.
About 52 percent . . .