Noncoding mutations contribute to autism risk

A whole-genome sequencing study of nearly 2,000 families has implicated mutations in ‘promoter regions’ of the genome — regions that precede the start of a gene — in autism. The study is the first genome-wide analysis to uncover a role for mutations in the noncoding portion of the genome in any human condition.

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