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The authors are grateful to all of the families at the participating SSC sites, as well as the principal investigators (A. Beaudet, R. Bernier, J. Constantino, E. Cook, E. Fombonne, D. Geschwind, R. Goin-Kochel, E. Hanson, D. Grice, A. Klin, D. Ledbetter, C. Lord, C. Martin, D. Martin, R. Maxim, J. Miles, O. Ousley, K. Pelphrey, B. Peterson, J. Piggot, C. Saulnier, M. State, W. Stone, J. Sutcliffe, C. Walsh, Z. Warren, E. Wijsman), and appreciate obtaining access to phenotypic data on SFARI Base. Approved researchers can obtain the SSC population data set described in this study by applying at https://base.sfari.org. The authors acknowledge funding from the Wellcome Trust (UK), Science Foundation Ireland, the National Institute of Mental Health (USA) and the Meath Foundation (Ireland).

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    A K Merikangas

  2. Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychiatric Genetics Research Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    A K Merikangas, E Kelleher, D Hogan, C Delaney, M Gill, L Gallagher, A P Corvin & E A Heron

  3. Centre for Support and Training in Analysis and Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    R Segurado

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Merikangas, A., Segurado, R., Kelleher, E. et al. Parental age, birth order and neurodevelopmental disorders. Mol Psychiatry 21, 728–730 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2015.127

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