Autism risk variants in DLG4 ortholog increase penetrance of uncommon individual behavioral trait in Caenorhabditis elegans

2025/08/01 by Grace Wulffraat, Lauren Rosta, Paula Hernández +4
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies #Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

paper · doi:10.17912/micropub.biology.001781

openalex publication_date 2025/08/01 · openalex created_date 2025/11/07 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

patient variant. This provides an example of autism variants increasing the proportion of a low-penetrant individual behavior.

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