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Population genetic consequences of the fragile-X syndrome, based on the X-inactivation imprinting model.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 1990
Sved J A, Laird C D
Abstract excerpt
We have examined the population genetic consequences of the model of Laird (Genetics 117:587-599, 1987) in which the fragile-X syndrome is caused by "imprinting" of a mutant chromosome. The imprinting event in this model results from a block to reactivation of an inactive X chromosome prior to oogenesis. If it is assumed that males carrying the imprinted chromosome never reproduce, the frequencies of females and...
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