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A meeting of minds

Nature Medicine volume 16, pages 353–355 (2010)Cite this article

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The idea that autism and psychosis are two ends of a common spectrum is stirring up debate among geneticists and psychiatrists alike. It's controversial, but thanks to advances in comparative genomics, this hypothesis is now testable. Nicola Jones weighs the evidence.

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Jones, N. A meeting of minds. Nat Med 16, 353–355 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0410-353

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