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Chunk #9 — Somatic mutations in human disease — ASD and other common neuropsychiatric diseases

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Intersection of diverse neuronal genomes and neuropsychiatric disease: The Brain Somatic Mosaicism Network.
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Genetic approaches have not yet fully explained the etiology of ASD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or Tourette syndrome. Although gene-by-gene and gene-by-environment interactions could, in principle, account for additional disease risk, somatic mosaicism is another potential mechanism that warrants exploration as a contributor to neuropsychiatric diseases (58).