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How Do Our Genomes Differ? What Does That Variation Mean?

August 05, 2019 • The Penn State Eberly College of Science • Season 1 • Episode 4

GENOME VARIATION: Nate and Sam talk to Santhosh Girirajan, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and of anthropology at Penn State, about what variation in the human genome means and how it relates to complex neurodevelopmental disorders like autism. How do genomes differ between individuals? What can these differences tell us about disease risk? What is normal and is bigger better when it comes to genomes?

Links to Santhosh's work:

- @girirajan16 on Twitter - https://twitter.com/girirajan16
- Santhosh's Website - http://autism.bx.psu.edu

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