Autism is influenced by both rare and common genetic variants. This paper studied rare inherited variation and its interaction with common genetic variation.

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Short tandem repeats in autism? Our new work on autism STRs from Korean autism families. Rare STRs in cortical gene regulatory elements are higher in autism cases. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Effective science communication is crucial!

This amazing study concludes that online media coverage of GWAS should be more accessible, introduce more modern genetics terms, and when appropriate, ethical considerations should be mentioned.

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In this podcast on #Neurodiversity , #Autism & #Healthcare , Jonathan Green comments on the different realities of autism (as a clinical concept, an administrative term, & as a self-identification) & whether these different realities can co-exist. bit.ly/3vzATwU

New research finds that thousands of DNA sequences originating from ancient viral infections contribute to susceptibility for psychiatric classifications such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, but not to autism or ADHD.

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The new PGC Consortium Functional Genomics Group has a *new* twitter/X feed here. Please cosider following and liking them x.com/pgc_fg

This recent preprint finds that autosomal rare coding variants confer similar liability for autism in females and males.

medRxiv

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The data are clear: taking sex and gender into account in research and using that knowledge to change health care could benefit billions of people go.nature.com/3K6LAe0

This preprint gives an overview of how the autism polygenic score is related to autism, autistic traits, and many other traits and diagnoses🔄

I am delighted to announce my first first-author paper has just been published in JAMA Psychiatry! 🧬📈‘Genetic Architectures of Adolescent Depression Trajectories in 2 Longitudinal Population Cohorts’. Link to paper: ja.ma/4bkGsPj and a 🧵of our key findings below…