Louisa Kalsner is assistant professor of pediatrics and neurology at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford.
Louisa Kalsner
Assistant professor
University of Connecticut
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For accurate results in autism, genetic databases need diversity
We must diversify databases of reference DNA to improve our ability to interpret the consequences of genetic variation.
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