Heritability of autism spectrum disorders: a meta‐analysis of twin studies
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry2015Vol. 57(5), pp. 585–595
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Abstract
We demonstrate that: (a) ASD is due to strong genetic effects; (b) shared environmental effects become significant as a function of lower prevalence rate; (c) previously reported significant shared environmental influences are likely a statistical artefact of overinclusion of concordant DZ twins.
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