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An increased duplication of ZRS region that caused more than one supernumerary digits preaxial polydactyly in a large Chinese family.
Scientific reports - 6 Dec 2016
Wang Bin, Diao Yutao, Liu Qiji, An Hongqiang, Ma Ruiping, Jiang Guosheng, Lai Nannan, Li Ziwei, Zhu Xiaoxiao, Zhao Lin, Guo Qiang, Zhang Zhen, Sun Rong, Li Xia
Abstract excerpt
Preaxial polydactyly (PPD) is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion and characterized by the presence of one or more supernumerary digits on the thumb side. It had been identified that point mutation or genomic duplications of the long-range limb-specific cis-regulator - zone of polarizing activity regulatory sequence (ZRS) cause PPD or other limb deformities such as syndactyly type IV (SD4) and...
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