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Long tandem repeats as a form of genomic copy number variation: structure and length polymorphism of a chromosome 5p repeat in control and schizophrenia populations.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Apr 2009
Bruce Heather A, Sachs Nancy, Rudnicki Dobrila D, Lin Stephanie G, Willour Virginia L, Cowell John K, Conroy Jeffrey, McQuaid Devin E, Rossi Michael, Gaile Daniel P, Nowak Norma J, Holmes Susan E, Sklar Pamela, Ross Christopher A, Delisi Lynn E, Margolis Russell L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Genomic copy number variations (CNVs) are a major form of variation in the human genome and play an etiologic role in several neuropsychiatric diseases. Tandem repeats, particularly with long (>50 bp) repeat units, are a relatively common yet underexplored type of CNV that may signifi...
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