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http://www.xomba.com/major_gene_study_points_to_causes_of_autism
The largest study of the genetics of autism ever conducted, involving DNA from almost 1,200 affected families worldwide, has already yielded two important clues to the poorly understood disorder, scientists say.

Discoveries in two areas of the genome — a region on chromosome 11 suspected of having links to autism, and aberrations in a brain-development gene calledneurexin 1– could spur more targeted research, the experts noted….for the full article go here:
http://www.xomba.com/major_gene_study_points_to_causes_of_autism

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