A copy number variation morbidity map of developmental delay

GM Cooper, BP Coe, S Girirajan, JA Rosenfeld… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
To understand the genetic heterogeneity underlying developmental delay, we compared
copy number variants (CNVs) in 15,767 children with intellectual disability and various …

Refining analyses of copy number variation identifies specific genes associated with developmental delay

BP Coe, K Witherspoon, JA Rosenfeld, BWM Van Bon… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Copy number variants (CNVs) are associated with many neurocognitive disorders; however,
these events are typically large, and the underlying causative genes are unclear. We …

Neurodevelopmental disease genes implicated by de novo mutation and copy number variation morbidity

BP Coe, HAF Stessman, A Sulovari, MR Geisheker… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We combined de novo mutation (DNM) data from 10,927 individuals with developmental
delay and autism to identify 253 candidate neurodevelopmental disease genes with an …

Common genetic variants contribute to risk of rare severe neurodevelopmental disorders

MEK Niemi, HC Martin, DL Rice, G Gallone, S Gordon… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
There are thousands of rare human disorders that are caused by single deleterious, protein-
coding genetic variants. However, patients with the same genetic defect can have different …

Autism genome-wide copy number variation reveals ubiquitin and neuronal genes

JT Glessner, K Wang, G Cai, O Korvatska, CE Kim… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are childhood neurodevelopmental disorders with
complex genetic origins,,,. Previous studies focusing on candidate genes or genomic …

[HTML][HTML] Population analysis of large copy number variants and hotspots of human genetic disease

A Itsara, GM Cooper, C Baker, S Girirajan, J Li… - The American Journal of …, 2009 - cell.com
Copy number variants (CNVs) contribute to human genetic and phenotypic diversity.
However, the distribution of larger CNVs in the general population remains largely …

Genome sequencing identifies major causes of severe intellectual disability

C Gilissen, JY Hehir-Kwa, DT Thung, M Van De Vorst… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Severe intellectual disability (ID) occurs in 0.5% of newborns and is thought to be largely
genetic in origin,. The extensive genetic heterogeneity of this disorder requires a genome …

Evidence for 28 genetic disorders discovered by combining healthcare and research data

J Kaplanis, KE Samocha, L Wiel, Z Zhang, KJ Arvai… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
De novo mutations in protein-coding genes are a well-established cause of developmental
disorders. However, genes known to be associated with developmental disorders account …

[HTML][HTML] Dosage sensitivity is a major determinant of human copy number variant pathogenicity

AM Rice, A McLysaght - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Human copy number variants (CNVs) account for genome variation an order of magnitude
larger than single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Although much of this variation has no …

[HTML][HTML] Refinement and discovery of new hotspots of copy-number variation associated with autism spectrum disorder

S Girirajan, MY Dennis, C Baker, M Malig… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - cell.com
Rare copy-number variants (CNVs) have been implicated in autism and intellectual
disability. These variants are large and affect many genes but lack clear specificity toward …