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Headshot of SFARI Investigator David Ledbetter.

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David Ledbetter, Ph.D., FACMG

SFARI Investigator

Affiliations
  • Professor, University of Florida

Publications

Phenotypic shift in copy number variants: Evidence in 16p11.2 duplication syndrome.

Genet. Med., January 2, 2023

Taylor C.M., Finucane B.M., Moreno-De-Luca A., Walsh L.K., C. Martin, and D. Ledbetter

Evaluating heterogeneity in ASD symptomatology, cognitive ability, and adaptive functioning among 16p11.2 CNV carriers.

Autism Res., July 31, 2020

Hudac C.M., Bove J., Barber S., Duyzend M., Wallace A., C. Martin, et al.

Insufficient evidence for “autism-specific” genes.

Am. J. Hum. Genet., May 6, 2020

Myers S.M., Challman T.D., R. Bernier, T. Bourgeron, W. Chung, J. Constantino, et al.

Autism spectrum disorder, developmental and psychiatric features in 16p11.2 duplication.

J. Autism Dev. Disord., July 31, 2016

L. Green Snyder, D'Angelo D., Chen Q., R. Bernier, R. Goin-Kochel, Wallace A.S., et al.

Projects

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Comprehensive phenotypic characterization of 17q12 deletion syndrome

Awarded 2012
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Simons Variation in Individuals Project (Simons VIP)

Awarded 2011
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Identifying the genes in the 17q12 region responsible for neuropsychiatric phenotypes

Awarded 2011

Featuring David Ledbetter

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SFARI Spring 2021 Science Meeting Discusses Key Issues in Autism Research, Treatments and Genetic Risk

Events

Leveraging long-term health data and exome sequencing for autism-related gene discovery

Lecture

October 11, 2017

5–6:15 p.m. ET

Speaker

David Ledbetter

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