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A 117-kb microdeletion removing HOXD9-HOXD13 and EVX2 causes synpolydactyly.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 2002
Goodman Frances R, Majewski Frank, Collins Amanda L, Scambler Peter J
Abstract excerpt
Studies in mouse and chick have shown that the 5' HoxD genes play major roles in the development of the limbs and genitalia. In humans, mutations in HOXD13 cause the dominantly inherited limb malformation synpolydactyly (SPD). Haploinsufficiency for the 5' HOXD genes has recently been proposed to underlie the monodactyly and penoscrotal hypoplasia in two children with chromosomal deletions encompassing the entire...
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