Genetics and Genomics Research of Autism Spectrum Disorders
A special issue of Current Issues in Molecular Biology (ISSN 1467-3045). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 65
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2. KinderGenome Genetics Private Practice, 5347 W Mockingbird, Dallas, TX 75209, USA
Interests: genomics; syndromology; connective tissue dysplasias; Ehlers–Danlos syndrome
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Dear Colleagues,
Both the general public and physicians are misinformed about autism because it is an emergent disorder in two senses: first, its cardinal symptoms of poor social interaction, language deficits, and restricted interests are not obvious until 1 to 3 years old, the ages at which many vaccines such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) are administered; second, widespread recognition of autism did not occur until the establishment of clinical instruments like MCHAT and ADOS, which enabled researchers to detail its symptoms, increasing its rate of diagnosis some 50 years after its delineation by child psychiatrists in 1943/44 and thus creating a false impression of increasing prevalence.
Although 60-90% concordance in identical twins emphasized genetic causation, it was not until NextGen or massive parallel DNA sequencing allowed routine testing for DNA excess/deficiency (copy number variants) or nucleotide change (DNA sequence variants) that the significant contribution of genomic change to autism symptoms was recognized. Although any disorder characterized by neurodisability, from Down syndrome to fetal alcohol syndrome, can have symptoms of autism, autism spectrum patients or model organisms without associated disease are most likely to reveal its key molecular underpinnings, and are therefore sought as subjects for this Special Issue.
Dr. Golder N. Wilson
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- autism
- neurodevelopmental disorders
- genomics
- copy number variants
- next-generation sequencing
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