Structural Variants Inherited from Dad Linked to Autism Risk

A scientific team led by University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers says it has identified the cause that may explain why some people develop autism—rare inherited variants in regions of paternal noncoding DNA. Previous studies have demonstrated that de novo mutations contribute to approximately one-third of cases of the disorder. The current findings (“ Paternally Inherited Cis-Regulatory Structural Variants Are Associated with Autism ”) a