Estimating the contribution of coding mutations to autism
Ajay Nadig, Jack M. Fu, F. Kyle Satterstrom, Chiara Auwerx, Zhancheng Zhang, Rebecca I. Torene, Wenhan Lu, Konrad J. Karczewski, GeneDx, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Paul Stephen Kruszka, Michael E. Talkowski, Elise Robinson, Luke J. O'Connor
The paper estimates the contribution of de novo coding mutations to autism using data from 38,680 trios, finding they explain 3.4% of autism variance.
medRxiv · Aug 27, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine