Douglas Wallace
Director, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Exploring enigmatic links between mitochondria and autism
Mitochondrial deficits may account for the range of symptoms and neurological deficits seen in autism and explain why it preferentially affects boys, says Douglas Wallace.

Exploring enigmatic links between mitochondria and autism
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Long-read sequencing unearths overlooked autism-linked variants
Strips that are thousands of base pairs in length offer better resolution of structural variants and tandem repeats, according to two independent preprints.

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Strips that are thousands of base pairs in length offer better resolution of structural variants and tandem repeats, according to two independent preprints.