Scientists have searched for autism-related mutations in the fraction of the human genome that codes for proteins. The researchers sequenced this region, known as the "exome," in 175 autism patients and their unaffected parents. Their results suggest modest roles for hundreds of genes in the development of autism and pinpoint a few specific genes as genuine risk factors.
Even the best efforts to teach employees how to manage their time are likely to be swallowed up by that formidable foe of productivity: the e-mail inbox.
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