About the Authors

Daria Salyakina

Contributed equally to this work with: Daria Salyakina, Holly N. Cukier

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Holly N. Cukier

Contributed equally to this work with: Daria Salyakina, Holly N. Cukier

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Joycelyn M. Lee

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Stephanie Sacharow

Affiliations John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Laura D. Nations

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Deqiong Ma

Affiliations John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

James M. Jaworski

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Ioanna Konidari

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Patrice L. Whitehead

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Harry H. Wright

Affiliation Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Ruth K. Abramson

Affiliation Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Scott M. Williams

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Ramkumar Menon

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jonathan L. Haines

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

John R. Gilbert

Affiliations John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Michael L. Cuccaro

Affiliations John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Margaret A. Pericak-Vance

mpericak@med.miami.edu

Affiliations John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS HNC JLH JRG MLC MAPV. Performed the experiments: DS HNC IK PLW. Analyzed the data: DS HNC DM JMJ. Wrote the paper: DS HNC MAPV. Collected samples from ASD families: JML SS LDN HHW RKA JLH JRG MLC MAPV. Collected control samples: SMW RM JLH MLC MAPV.