Neanderthal DNA & Autism — Clemson/Loyola Study
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📅 2024-06-17
· 📍 Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
Peer-reviewed study in Nature: Molecular Psychiatry (May 2024): 25 Neanderthal DNA variants (SNPs) significantly more common in autistic individuals than in the general population. First scientific evidence for Neanderthal DNA as an autism susceptibility factor.
Sources & Evidence
Pauly R et al.: Enrichment of a subset of Neanderthal polymorphisms in autistic probands and siblings. Nature Molecular Psychiatry, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02593-7
Clemson University News: Study implicates Neanderthal DNA in autism susceptibility (17. Juni 2024)
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