An analysis of whole - genome sequences from more than 5,000 people has unearthed 18
new candidate genes for autism.
They
identified new candidate genes and reconstructed genetic networks that control flowering time and oil metabolism, two major sunflower breeding traits, and found that the flowering time networks have been shaped by the past duplication of the entire genome.
Ary Hoffmann, a geneticist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, welcomes
the new candidate gene, which he says may help in understanding aggression.
The data will also have translational value through the discovery of
a new candidate gene for GCKD in people.