Article
Linkage analysis of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY): genetic heterogeneity and nonpenetrance.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 1992
Bowden D W, Akots G, Rothschild C B, Falls K F, Sheehy M J, Hayward C, Mackie A, Baird J, Brock D, Antonarakis S E
Abstract excerpt
We have analyzed the inheritance of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) on chromosome 20 in a large multigeneration family, the R.-W. family, and in two other MODY families. Of the four branches of the R.-W. pedigree which have been studied, two have documented early onset of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), while there is no evidence of early onset in the other two branches. The...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20
- Crossing Over, Genetic
- DNA Probes
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
