What is the evidence that autism is genetic?

Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Report by Autism Science Foundation

Aug 22, 202642:16Science & Medicine

This week we talk to Drs. Steve Scherer, Lisa Bradley and Graham Collingridge who recently published research that shows the gene PTCHD1-AS influences social functioning in humans and mice, without influencing intellectu...

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