In the early 1990s,shortly after we identified the genetic defect in FMR1 that results in fragile X syndrome(Verkerk et al.,1991),I attended a conference sponsored by the US National Fragile X Foundation.This biannu...In the early 1990s,shortly after we identified the genetic defect in FMR1 that results in fragile X syndrome(Verkerk et al.,1991),I attended a conference sponsored by the US National Fragile X Foundation.This biannual meeting mixes families and scientists in a very productive and enlightening way.展开更多
基金support and guidance of colleagues andcoworkers across the genetics community and for the contributions to my own research from the Cullen Foundation, the FRAXA foundation, the Azrieli Foundation(Brain Canada), and the US NIH (HD084802, HD083092 and NS051630)
文摘In the early 1990s,shortly after we identified the genetic defect in FMR1 that results in fragile X syndrome(Verkerk et al.,1991),I attended a conference sponsored by the US National Fragile X Foundation.This biannual meeting mixes families and scientists in a very productive and enlightening way.