Homozygosity stretches around homozygous mutations in autosomal recessive disorders: patients from nonconsanguineous Indian families.

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India has a large heterogeneous population with its unique social and genetic characteristics. Tradition of marriage between specific caste groups have produced unique characteristics to the mutation spectrum of genetic disorders and may be a higher prevalence of autosomal recessive (AR) disorders in some communities. We observed that in many nonconsanguineous families with rare autosomal disorders, maternally...

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