A Genome-Wide Survey of Transgenerational Genetic Effects in Autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Tsang, Kathryn M ^a   Croen, Lisa A ^b   Torres, Anthony R ^c   Kharrazi, Martin ^d   Delorenze, Gerald N ^b   Windham, Gayle C ^d   Yoshida, Cathleen K ^b   Zerbo, Ousseny ^b   Weiss, Lauren A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 8P; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CNTN4 GENE; CNTNAP2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FAM135B GENE; FATHER; FEMALE; FHIT GENE; FOXP1 GENE; GABRB3 GENE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LAMA1 GENE; MACROD2 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NFIA GENE; NLGN4X GENE; NRXN1 GENE; PCDH9 GENE; RAPGEF4 GENE; RELN GENE; RORA GENE; SDK1 GENE;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DATABASES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84886286095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076978     Document Type: Article

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