We know that autism is a highly genetic condition, and mothers who
carry autism genes are more likely to be anxious and have more diligent personalities.
According to the study, the researchers» genetic analysis supports previous findings that people
carrying autism genes tend to be intelligent, as well as findings about common traits between autism and high IQs — bigger brains that grow faster, better sensory and visual - spatial capabilities, and improved decision - making, to name a few.
Not exact matches
Participants with
autism who
carry a harmful CNV have lower intelligence quotients than those who
carry a harmful mutation in a candidate
gene.
The researchers plan to investigate what percentage of individuals individuals with intellectual disability and
autism may
carry CC2D1A mutations and to determine whether other
genes affect neurons in a similar fashion.
On January 9, a team, led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Children's Hospital Boston, announced that it had found copy number variations — deletions of duplications of segments of genetic code that alter the number of copies of a
gene a person
carries — in 12 of 1,400
autism sufferers it was studying.
«In addition, the depth of the MSSNG database allowed us to identify resilient individuals who
carry autism - associated
gene variations without developing
autism.
The team speculates that the «high - risk»
autism genes they
carry may generate other effects in these women.