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Why do fragile X carrier frequencies differ between Asian and non-Asian populations?
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Jan 2013
Genereux Diane P, Laird Charles D
Abstract excerpt
Asian and non-Asian populations have been reported to differ substantially in the distribution of fragile X alleles into the normal (< 55 CGG repeats), premutation (55-199 CGG repeats), and full-mutation (> 199 CGG repeats) size classes. Our statistical analyses of data from published general-population studies confirm that Asian populations have markedly lower frequencies of premutation alleles, reminiscent of...
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