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This is the final chapter in Genetics of Developmental Disabilities, edited by Merlin Butler and F. John Meaney. It covers the search for genes for mental retardation, highlighting a recent analysis that estimates there may be a thousand genes for mental retardation (Inlow JK and Restifo LL. Molecular and comparative genetics of mental retardation. Genetics 2004; 166:835-881).