Biological, Genetic & Neurological Foundations
Genetic & Epigenetic Architecture
Autism’s genetic architecture is overwhelmingly polygenic, with a minority of monogenic and de novo cases. These topics separate the common-variant, rare-variant, and epigenetic strands.
4 Entries in this Collection
- 01
Polygenic Risk & Copy Number Variants
Common-variant architecture and structural variation.
- 02
Monogenic & Syndromic Autism
Fragile X, Tuberous Sclerosis, Rett, and related single-gene conditions.
- 03
De Novo Mutations
SHANK3, CHD8, NLGN3 and other spontaneous variants.
- 04
Epigenetic Methylation Markers
DNA methylation patterns and gene-environment interaction.