A whole-genome scan and fine-mapping linkage study of auditory-visual synesthesia reveals evidence of linkage to chromosomes 2q24, 5q33, 6p12, and 12p12.

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Published in Am J Hum Genet on February 05, 2009

Authors

Julian E Asher1, Janine A Lamb, Denise Brocklebank, Jean-Baptiste Cazier, Elena Maestrini, Laura Addis, Mallika Sen, Simon Baron-Cohen, Anthony P Monaco

Author Affiliations

1: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK. j.asher@imperial.ac.uk

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