Autism Linked to Increased Genetic Change in Regions of Genome Instability (IMAGE)

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Autism Linked to Increased Genetic Change in Regions of Genome Instability

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These microscopic images were taken as part of research to explore rearrangements of DNA in one of the "hotspots" of the human genome, where deletions and duplications occur at higher rates. More information is online at science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2013-news/Selleck4-2013.

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Photo courtesy of Betsy Hirsch/University of Minnesota and Scott Selleck/Penn State University

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