Janine LaSalle

Associate director of genomics
Genome Center, University of California, Davis

Janine LaSalle is associate director of genomics at the University of California, Davis, Genome Center.

 

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Spectrum

Chemical tags reveal interplay of genes, environment in autism

By Janine LaSalle
20 June 2017 | 5 min read
Spectrum from The Transmitter.
Spectrum

Genes and environment are two-way street in autism risk

By Janine LaSalle
21 August 2012 | 6 min read

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