Article
Origin of the de novo duplication in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A: unequal nonsister chromatid exchange during spermatogenesis.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Dec 1993
Palau F, Löfgren A, De Jonghe P, Bort S, Nelis E, Sevilla T, Martin J J, Vilchez J, Prieto F, Van Broeckhoven C
Abstract excerpt
A 1.5 Mb duplication within 17p11.2 is the major mutation causing both autosomal dominant and sporadic Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A). An independent origin for the mutation in each family has been postulated. The proposed genetic mechanism causing the CMT1A duplication is unequal nonsister chromatid exchange at meiosis (unequal crossing-over). We studied the parental origin of the duplication in...
Topics
- Blotting, Southern
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- Chromatids
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- DNA
- Fathers
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Multigene Family
