Guest guest Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Stephen Scherer, Ph.D., of the Hospital for Sick Children, and colleagues found that structural variation of genetic material is widespread among those with autism. The variations include gains and losses of genetic material, as well as translocations and inversions, they reported in the February issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics. All told, Dr. Scherer and colleagues identified 13 genetic regions with overlapping or recurrent chromosomal changes in 427 unrelated people with autism that were not seen in healthy controls. The " most compelling result " was a copy number variation on chromosome 16 that was seen in 1% of the autism patients but not in healthy controls, the researchers said. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/Autism/dh/8013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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