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Fragile X founder effects and new mutations in Finland.
American journal of medical genetics - 12 Jul 1996
Zhong N, Kajanoja E, Smits B, Pietrofesa J, Curley D, Wang D, Ju W, Nolin S, Dobkin C, Ryynänen M, Brown W T
Abstract excerpt
The apparent associations between fragile X mutations and nearby microsatellites may reflect both founder effects and microsatellite instability. To gain further insight into their relative contributions, we typed a sample of 56 unrelated control and 37 fragile X chromosomes from an eastern Finnish population for FMR1 CGG repeat lengths, AGG interspersion patterns, DXS548, FRAXAC1, FRAXE and a new polymorphic...
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