Chunk #19 — CNV Studies Put the Rare Variant-Common Disease Model to the Test

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CNVs: harbingers of a rare variant revolution in psychiatric genetics.

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New findings have begun to emerge from genome-wide studies of CNV in three major psychiatric disorders: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Within CNV research, three study designs in particular have been used widely and to great effect (Figure 3).