The hunt for the neurofibromatosis gene.

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The neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) gene has been localized to the pericentromeric region of the long arm of chromosome 17. A chronology of events leading to the cloning of the NF1 gene is offered as a summary of modern gene hunting techniques. The gene was identified by its location rather than its function using positional cloning. Linkage analysis, based on DNA polymorphisms, is already available for prenatal...

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