Subject: Copy number linked to autism

From: "The Scientist" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:34:27 -0400

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Copy number linked to autism

Researchers find high rates of copy number mutations in non-heritable forms of autism

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Sequencing the sea's microbial communities uncovers millions of new proteins and thousands of unknown protein families

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