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It is anticipated that a first main paper from the Phase 2 project will be published in late 2009.

Further details will be posted here in the coming months.

In addition, in the course of the Phase 2 project, the AGP has been acknowledged in the following publications:

This three-year project will include the following main studies:

Complete-genome association analyses on a new sample of 3,000 AGP families (simplex and multiplex families).
Analysis of the trait-based subsets of autism, to detect linkage, refine linkage regions, and develop genotype-phenotype relationships.
Fine-mapping of the linkage regions identified in AGP Phase 1; and
Evaluation of candidate genes.

The first stage of the Phase 2 project - Stage 1 - is now completed:

Over 1,500 AGP families have been genotyped on the Illumina 1M beadchip, which enables the genotyping of over one million SNPs in each sample.
Subsequently, association, linkage and CNV analyses have been performed.
The results from this study have been submitted for publication and are currently under review.

The second project stage - Stage 2 - is ongoing:

A second sample of over 1,500 AGP families is being genotyped on the Illumina 1M beadchip (over half now completed).
Subsequently, association, linkage and CNV analyses will be performed in 2010 for the complete Phase 2 sample-set (over 3,000 trios)..
It is anticipated that the results from this study will submitted for publication by end 2010.

In addition, analyses of AGP phenotypic data are also ongoing:

AGP sites are currently uploading phenotype data for the complete AGP sample-set (over 7,500 families). This includes the following data: ADI, ADOS, IQ, Vinelands, Body Measurements and Family Type.
Collaborating AGP sites and currently conducting a number of analyses of this data.
It is anticipated that over five publications will result from these studies, by end 2010.