| Literature DB >> 2569270 |
N Dahl1, P Goonewardena, H Malmgren, K H Gustavson, G Holmgren, E Seemanova, G Annerén, A Flood, U Pettersson.
Abstract
A new polymorphic DNA marker U6.2, defining the locus DXS304, was recently isolated and mapped to the Xq27 region of the X chromosome. In the previous communication we describe a linkage study encompassing 16 fragile-X families and using U6.2 and five previously described polymorphic markers at Xq26-q28. One recombination event was observed between DXS304 and the fragile-X locus in 36 informative meioses. Combined with information from other reports, our results suggest the following order of the examined loci on Xq: cen-F9-DXS105-DXS98-FRAXA-DXS304-(DXS52-F8 -DXS15). The locus DXS304 is closely linked to FRAXA, giving a peak lod score of 5.86 at a corresponding recombination fraction of .00. On the basis of the present results, it is apparent that U6.2 is a useful probe for carrier and prenatal diagnosis in fragile-X families.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2569270 PMCID: PMC1683358
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hum Genet ISSN: 0002-9297 Impact factor: 11.025