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Analysis of FMR1 (CGG)n alleles and FRAXA microsatellite haplotypes in the population of Greenland: implications for the population of the New World from Asia.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2000
Larsen L A, Armstrong J S, Grønskov K, Hjalgrim H, Brøndum-Nielsen K, Hasholt L, Nørgaard-Pedersen B, Vuust J
Abstract excerpt
The fragile X syndrome is caused by the expansion of a polymorphic (CGG)n tract in the promoter region of the FMR1 gene. Apparently the incidence of fragile X syndrome is rare in the population of Greenland. In order to examine population-related factors involved in stability of the (CGG)n sequence, DNA samples obtained randomly from the Greenlandic population were analysed for size and AGG interspersion pattern...
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