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Using mouse models to explore genotype-phenotype relationship in Down syndrome.
Mental retardation and developmental disabilities research reviews - 1 Jan 2007
Salehi Ahmad, Faizi Mehrdad, Belichenko Pavel V, Mobley William C
Abstract excerpt
Down Syndrome (DS) caused by trisomy 21 is characterized by a variety of phenotypes and involves multiple organs. Sequencing of human chromosome 21 (HSA21) and subsequently of its orthologues on mouse chromosome 16 have created an unprecedented opportunity to explore the complex relationship between various DS phenotypes and the extra copy of approximately 300 genes on HSA21. Advances in genetics together with...
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