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Monozygotic twins with 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Oct 2014
Vlckova Marketa, Hancarova Miroslava, Drabova Jana, Slamova Zuzana, Koudova Monika, Alanova Renata, Mannik Katrin, Kurg Ants, Sedlacek Zdenek
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome is a genomic disorder caused by a recurrent 600 kb long deletion. The deletion affects the region of a common inversion present in about 20% of Europeans. The inversion is associated with the H2 haplotype carrying additional low-copy repeats susceptible to non-allelic homologous recombination, and this haplotype is prone to deletion. No instances of 17q21.31 deletions...
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