Linkage of an X-chromosome cleft palate gene.

doi:10.1038/326091a0

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Linkage of an X-chromosome cleft palate gene.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Moore G E, Ivens A, Chambers J, Farrall M, Williamson R, Page D C, Bjornsson A, Arnason A, Jensson O

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Many congenital malformations, such as cleft palate and neural tube defects, have a multifactorial origin involving both environmental and genetic factors. Conditions such as these may be exclusively monogenic, polygenic or environmental, but in most cases both genetic and environmental factors a...

Topics

Cleft Palate
Female
Genes
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Iceland
Male
Mutation
Pedigree
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
X Chromosome

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