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• De novo mutations revealed by whole-exome sequencing are strongly associated with autism.

  Sanders SJ, Murtha MT, Gupta AR, Murdoch JD, Raubeson MJ, Willsey AJ, Ercan-Sencicek AG, DiLullo NM, Parikshak NN, Stein JL, Walker MF, Ober GT, Teran NA, Song Y, El-Fishawy P, Murtha RC, Choi M, Overton JD, Bjornson RD, Carriero NJ, Meyer KA, Bilguvar K, Mane SM, Sestan N, Lifton RP, Günel M, Roeder K, Geschwind DH, Devlin B, State MW. Sanders SJ, et al. Nature. 2012 Apr 4;485(7397):237-41. doi: 10.1038/nature10945. Nature. 2012. PMID: 22495306 Free PMC article.
• Sporadic autism exomes reveal a highly interconnected protein network of de novo mutations.

  O'Roak BJ, Vives L, Girirajan S, Karakoc E, Krumm N, Coe BP, Levy R, Ko A, Lee C, Smith JD, Turner EH, Stanaway IB, Vernot B, Malig M, Baker C, Reilly B, Akey JM, Borenstein E, Rieder MJ, Nickerson DA, Bernier R, Shendure J, Eichler EE. O'Roak BJ, et al. Nature. 2012 Apr 4;485(7397):246-50. doi: 10.1038/nature10989. Nature. 2012. PMID: 22495309 Free PMC article.
• Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders.

  Neale BM, Kou Y, Liu L, Ma'ayan A, Samocha KE, Sabo A, Lin CF, Stevens C, Wang LS, Makarov V, Polak P, Yoon S, Maguire J, Crawford EL, Campbell NG, Geller ET, Valladares O, Schafer C, Liu H, Zhao T, Cai G, Lihm J, Dannenfelser R, Jabado O, Peralta Z, Nagaswamy U, Muzny D, Reid JG, Newsham I, Wu Y, Lewis L, Han Y, Voight BF, Lim E, Rossin E, Kirby A, Flannick J, Fromer M, Shakir K, Fennell T, Garimella K, Banks E, Poplin R, Gabriel S, DePristo M, Wimbish JR, Boone BE, Levy SE, Betancur C, Sunyaev S, Boerwinkle E, Buxbaum JD, Cook EH Jr, Devlin B, Gibbs RA, Roeder K, Schellenberg GD, Sutcliffe JS, Daly MJ. Neale BM, et al. Nature. 2012 Apr 4;485(7397):242-5. doi: 10.1038/nature11011. Nature. 2012. PMID: 22495311 Free PMC article.
• Whole-exome sequencing and homozygosity analysis implicate depolarization-regulated neuronal genes in autism.

  Chahrour MH, Yu TW, Lim ET, Ataman B, Coulter ME, Hill RS, Stevens CR, Schubert CR; ARRA Autism Sequencing Collaboration; Greenberg ME, Gabriel SB, Walsh CA. Chahrour MH, et al. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(4):e1002635. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002635. Epub 2012 Apr 12. PLoS Genet. 2012. PMID: 22511880 Free PMC article.
• De novo gene disruptions in children on the autistic spectrum.

  Iossifov I, Ronemus M, Levy D, Wang Z, Hakker I, Rosenbaum J, Yamrom B, Lee YH, Narzisi G, Leotta A, Kendall J, Grabowska E, Ma B, Marks S, Rodgers L, Stepansky A, Troge J, Andrews P, Bekritsky M, Pradhan K, Ghiban E, Kramer M, Parla J, Demeter R, Fulton LL, Fulton RS, Magrini VJ, Ye K, Darnell JC, Darnell RB, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Schatz MC, McCombie WR, Wigler M. Iossifov I, et al. Neuron. 2012 Apr 26;74(2):285-99. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.04.009. Neuron. 2012. PMID: 22542183 Free PMC article.