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Insufficient Evidence for “Autism-Specific” Genes osf.io/24gm3/ via @OSFramework
@OSFramework @ScottMyers20 @dhledbetter Oops! Forgot to tag @clesemartin! And many other co-authors not on Twitter... This paper argues against the idea of "autism-specific" genes...
@OSFramework @ScottMyers20 @dhledbetter @clesemartin Mutations in some genes are found more in cases of autism with versus without intellectual disability - but these relationships are not exclusive
@OSFramework @ScottMyers20 @dhledbetter @clesemartin Moreover, mutations in many of the same genes are found in patients w/ other psychiatric diagnoses, such as schizophrenia...
@OSFramework @ScottMyers20 @dhledbetter @clesemartin These data are consistent with idea of general genetic risk of "Developmental brain dysfunction", which can manifest in diverse ways: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23518333
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