Copy-number variants and polygenic risk for intelligence confer risk for autism spectrum disorder irrespective of their effects on cognitive ability
Zoe Schmilovich, Vincent-Raphaël Bourque, Elise A. Douard…·Guy Armand Rouleau
This study shows that rare CNVs and PRS-IQ increase ASD risk independently of their effects on cognitive ability, suggesting ASD risk and cognitive ability are distinct outcomes of these variants.