Damaging Mutations are Associated with Diminished Motor Skills and IQ in Children on the Autism Spectrum
Andreas Buja, Natalia Volfovsky, Abba Μ. Krieger, Catherine Lord, Alex Lash, Michael H. Wigler, Ivan H. Iossifov
The paper shows damaging de novo mutations in ASD are linked to impaired motor skills, independent of IQ, and proposes a new classification of phenotypic severity based on these associations.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Feb 6, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics