脆弱的X重复的神秘和极性变异可能会导致正常等位基因的倾向

C B Kunst1, S T Warren

  • 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.

Cell
|June 17, 1994
PubMed
概括

脆弱X综合征是由CGG重复扩张引起的. 某些具有较长CGG重复的正常基因变异 (半型) 可能会使个体容易患上这种疾病,这表明正在进行的遗传进化.

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