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C Scapoli1, A Collins, M Martinelli
1Department of Biology, University of Ferrara, Italy. scc@dns.unife.it
Abstract:
We applied a complex segregation analysis to 46 pedigrees with a total of 121 nuclear families and 660 individuals, to verify hypotheses regarding the inheritance of OFC and linkage with markers on chromosomes 6 and 2. The POINTER program for segregation analysis strongly rejected the hypothesis of no familial transmission of OFC in these families. When the hypothesis of a two-locus model was tested with COMDS, the analysis showed the presence of at least two loci and the model assuming a dominant major gene and a recessive modifier locus was statistically accepted. Given the fitted two-locus model, we tested for a possible linkage between the major OFC locus and the two markers studied. For D6S259, the estimate of the recombination fraction was theta = 0.098, corresponding to a LOD score around 2.1. On the contrary, the data analysis concerning the D2S378 marker showed an estimate of the recombination fraction not significantly different from the independence hypothesis.
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