Article
[Inter-generational transmission of mutations responsible for fragile X syndrome].
Pediatria polska - 1 Mar 1996
Milewski M, Bal J, Mazurczak T
Abstract excerpt
Inter-generational transmission of normal and mutated (CGG)n sequences in the FMR1 gene was studied in 17 Polish fragile X families. All normal alleles were stable when transmitted to the progeny. Twenty-five of the 26 transmitted maternal premutations expanded to full mutation level. No correlation between the number of CGG repeats in the maternal premutation and the size of the mutation in the offspring was...
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