Genomic 'hotspots' offer clues to causes of autism, other disorders

Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 17:00 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have discovered that "random" mutations in the genome are not quite so random after all. Their study shows that the DNA sequence in some regions of the human genome is quite volatile and can mutate ten times more frequently than the rest of the genome.

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