Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) involve testing genetic variants across the
genomes of many individuals to identify genotype–phenotype associations. GWAS have …

Psychiatric disorders are among the most intractable enigmas in medicine. In the past 5
years, there has been unprecedented progress on the genetics of many of these conditions …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable and heterogeneous group of
neurodevelopmental phenotypes diagnosed in more than 1% of children. Common genetic …

Background Over the past decade genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been
applied to aid in the understanding of the biology of traits. The success of this approach is …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder characterized
by impaired social interaction and stereotyped behaviors. ASD has a strong and complex …

Characterized by a combination of abnormalities in language, social cognition and mental
flexibility, autism is not a single disorder but a neurodevelopmental syndrome commonly …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in reciprocal social
interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behaviors. Family studies …

The oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) has been studied as a risk factor for autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) owing to converging evidence from multiple levels of analysis that oxytocin …

Autism is an etiologically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders, diagnosed solely
by the complex behavioral phenotype. On the basis of the high-heritability index, geneticists …

Although autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have a substantial genetic basis, most of the
known genetic risk has been traced to rare variants, principally copy number variants …