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High Rates of Three Common GJB2 Mutations c.516G>C, c.-23+1G>A, c.235delC in Deaf Patients from Southern Siberia Are Due to the Founder Effect.
Genes - 21 Jul 2020
Zytsar Marina V, Bady-Khoo Marita S, Danilchenko Valeriia Yu, Maslova Ekaterina A, Barashkov Nikolay A, Morozov Igor V, Bondar Alexander A, Posukh Olga L
Abstract excerpt
The mutations in the GJB2 gene (13q12.11, MIM 121011) encoding transmembrane protein connexin 26 (Cx26) account for a significant portion of hereditary hearing loss worldwide. Earlier we found a high prevalence of recessive GJB2 mutations c.516G>C, c.-23+1G>A, c.235delC in indigenous Turkic-speaking Siberian peoples (Tuvinians and Altaians) from the Tyva Republic and Altai Republic (Southern Siberia, Russia) and...
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