: Big study identifies new genes that may be involved in autism

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Big study identifies new genes that may be involved in autism

Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com

A large international consortium of authors (including some at UCLA) have identified new genes that appear to be involved in autism somehow. The findings appear in the journal Nature. The researchers in this big effort examined the DNA of 996...

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What I found most interesting in the blurb about the study was that there were some children who had gene (alterations or deletions) that their parents DID NOT have.

I've always assumed that "genetic" was the same as "inherited". Obviously, this is not true.

(I also wondered how they fit just under 7 generations into just 30 years with 100% inheritance rate too whenever I heard "autism is genetic"; that is 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 91 in just 30 years!)

Did anyone else think that "autism is genetic" meant "passed down from the parent" also?

[Guest guest]

What I found most interesting in the blurb about the study was that there were some children who had gene (alterations or deletions) that their parents DID NOT have.

I've always assumed that "genetic" was the same as "inherited". Obviously, this is not true.

(I also wondered how they fit just under 7 generations into just 30 years with 100% inheritance rate too whenever I heard "autism is genetic"; that is 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 91 in just 30 years!)

Did anyone else think that "autism is genetic" meant "passed down from the parent" also?

[Guest guest]

What I found most interesting in the blurb about the study was that there were some children who had gene (alterations or deletions) that their parents DID NOT have.

I've always assumed that "genetic" was the same as "inherited". Obviously, this is not true.

(I also wondered how they fit just under 7 generations into just 30 years with 100% inheritance rate too whenever I heard "autism is genetic"; that is 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 91 in just 30 years!)

Did anyone else think that "autism is genetic" meant "passed down from the parent" also?