Changes In DDX3X Gene Damage Corpus Collosum And Cause Polymicrogyria (IMAGE)

Duke University

Changes In DDX3X Gene Damage Corpus Collosum And Cause Polymicrogyria

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Genetic samples from developmentally disabled children have identified dozens of new mutations in the DDX3X gene that lead to smaller brains and intellectual disability because of the gene's essential role in neuron genesis and transport.

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Silver Lab, Duke University

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