PLOS Papers on ASD-Related Syndrome, Twin Gut Microbiomes, Zika Virus Evolution

Dec 09, 2019

In PLOS Genetics, a University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee team explores the functional consequences of rare, gain-of-function changes to the voltage-gated calcium channel-coding gene CACNA1C that appear de novo in individuals with a high-penetrance autism spectrum disorder-related condition called Timothy syndrome.

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