Bernie Devlin is professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.
Bernie Devlin
Professor
University of Pittsburgh
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We finally have access to whole-genome sequences from people with autism. But before we can properly interpret these data, we need to know what we're looking for.
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Bernie Devlin, Michael Talkowski
27 June 2017 | 5 min read
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