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Analysis of CGG variation through 642 meioses in Fragile X families.
Molecular human reproduction - 1 Oct 2004
Rifé M, Badenas C, Quintó Ll, Puigoriol E, Tazón B, Rodriguez-Revenga L, Jiménez L, Sánchez A, Milà M
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome is the commonest familial form of inherited mental retardation. The molecular defect is an expansion of the CGG trinucleotide repeats in the 5' untranslated region of the FMR1 gene that is inherited in an unstable fashion in fragile X families. In an attempt to provide more information about the CGG tract intergenerational variation, we have evaluated 642 transmissions in 175 Fragile X...
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