A new lead has emerged in the search for genetic influences on autism. A variant of a gene known as HOXA1, which supervises fetal-brain development, may predispose people to develop autism or several related disorders, according to a report in the December Teratology.
“I suspect that there are quite a few gene variants that confer a susceptibility to autism,” says embryologist Patricia M.
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