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The 28-kb deletion spanning D15S63 is a polymorphic variant in the Ashkenazi Jewish population.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Silverstein S, Lerer I, Buiting K, Abeliovich D
Abstract excerpt
D15S63 is one of the loci, on chromosome 15q11-q13, that exhibit parent-of-origin dependent methylation and that is commonly used in the diagnosis of Prader-Willi or Angelman syndromes (PWS/AS). A 28-kb deletion spanning the D15S63 locus was identified in five unrelated patients; in each of them the deletion was inherited from a normal parent. Three of the five families segregating the deletion were reported to...
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